ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,884, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).
"High resolution anvil angle sensor" was invented by Mark T. McClung (Andover, N.J.) and Daniel J. Becker (Monroe Township, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary power tool assembly including a hammercase an axis extending between a forward end and a rearward end, a drive mechanism housed within the hammercase, and a hammer driven by the drive mechanism to apply a rotational impact force on an anvil. The anvil includes an output shaft rotatable about the axis, a plurality of anvil jaws extending from the axis, and a flange fixedly con...