ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,119, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Hand-held power tool" was invented by Manfred Lutz (Filderstadt, Germany), Elmar Feder (Leonberg, Germany) and Dietmar Schneider (Denkendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a drive unit, a machine housing, in particular having a first housing part, which is designed as a transmission housing, and a second housing part, which surrounds the drive unit, and a bearing unit, in particular a bearing housing, for supporting the drive unit. The bearing unit protrudes into the first housing ...