ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,787, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Hand-held power tool" was invented by Simon Erbele (Nufringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool includes a drive motor with a drive shaft, and a transmission which can be actuated by the drive shaft. The transmission has an intermediate shaft into which the drive shaft at least partially projects. The power tool also includes at least one drive shaft bearing arranged radially between the drive shaft and the intermediate shaft, and a tool holder which can be actuated by the drive shaft. The drive shaft further includes at leas...