ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,079, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Power tool and method for carrying out charge equalization between accumulators in a power tool" was invented by Michael Lacher (Schwabmunchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool having a first accumulator and a second accumulator, wherein the power tool has a first power electronics system with a first inverter and a second power electronics system with a second inverter, wherein the first inverter is electrically connected to the first accumulator and the second inverter is electrically connected to the second accumulator. The first power e...