ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,073, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Eccentric transmission for a power tool" was invented by Maximilian Knyrim (Ehingen, Germany), Michael Hinterstoisser (Olching, Germany) and Florian Schmid (Buchs, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power tool, in particular a pipe press, including a drive, an output shaft, a threaded spindle drive and a linear actuator, wherein a torque generated by the drive is transmissible via the output shaft, and the threaded spindle drive connected to the output shaft, to the linear actuator. The power tool includes an eccentric transmission device for a torque ...