ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,642, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Hand-held power tool with a fastening region for a safety loop" was invented by Michael Haigis (Merklingen, Germany), Andre Ullrich (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany), Maximilian Weinbrecht (Altdorf, Germany), Michael Weiss (Stuttgart, Germany), Nadine Mutlu (Weil Im Schoenbuch, Germany), Selim Mustafa (Waiblingen, Germany) and Vincent Hasenmayer (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool includes a housing in which a drive unit for actuating a tool holder is arranged. The housing forms a handle for holding the hand-held ...