ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,033, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Handheld power tool" was invented by Shuai Chen (Nanjing, China), Rui Xu (Nanjing, China), Shaobo Liu (Nanjing, China), Hongtao Ke (Nanjing, China), Masatoshi Fukinuki (Nanjing, China), Chao Meng (Nanjing, China) and Xiaoyong Wang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld power tool including a housing including a barrel and a head housing; a drive mechanism including an electric motor and a drive shaft, where the electric motor outputs power through the drive shaft; a transmission mechanism including a gear assembly; and an ou...