ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,223, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH (Leinfelden-Echterlingen, Germany) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Cut-off saw" was invented by Richard Monteverde (Chicago) and Ramon Tam (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cut-off saw includes a saw housing having a support arm that protrudes outward from the housing front end and supports a rotatable cutting blade. A blade drive assembly disposed in the support arm includes a gear set and is configured to transmit rotational motion of a motor to the cutting blade. The saw housing includes housing features that are configured to ...