ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,045, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Method for adjusting the power of a power tool" was invented by Stefan Ringler (Schwabmuehlhausen, Germany) and Ehsan Mahdizadeh (Kaufering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for the open-loop and closed-loop control of a power tool containing a drive, a control device, a sensor, a transmission and a handle apparatus. The handle apparatus contains a lever element with a signal transmitter and pivotable relative to the sensor. A first and second position of the signal transmitter are sensed by the sensor, the distance between the first and second po...