ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,518, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"High torque impact tool" was invented by Jacob P. Schneider (Madison, Wis.), Evan Brown (Milwaukee), Leonard Mikat-Stevens (Milwaukee) and Connor Temme (Medford, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact tool includes a housing including a front housing coupled to a motor housing portion, a motor supported within the motor housing portion, a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor, the battery pack having a nominal capacity of five Amp-hours and a nominal output voltage of at least 18-Volts, and a drive assembly...