US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on July 15 for "Screwdriver with extendable shaft and bit storage" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,104, issued on July 15, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Screwdriver with extendable shaft and bit storage" was invented by Joshua D. Schneider (Grayslake, Ill.), Colin J. Roberts (Brookfield, Wis.), Scott M. Hangartner (Hartland, Wis.), George Barton (Mequon, Wis.), Cheng Zhang Li (Sussex, Wis.) and Kai-Wen Cheng (Taichung, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screwdriver includes a shank, a ratchet assembly, and a handle. The shank includes a shank extender that in an extended position lengthens the shank and in a retracted position is stored within the handle of the screwdriver. The ratchet asse...