ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,881, issued on June 24, was assigned to Robert Bosch Tool Corp. (Mount Prospect, Ill.) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Multi-motion appliance" was invented by Walter Bernardi (Highland Park, Ill.), Balazs Nagy (Roselle, Ill.), Michael Landt (Glenview, Ill.) and Fulvio Camarotto (Palatine, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is advantageously configured to provide a rotating motion, an oscillating motion, and a reciprocating motion. The power tool includes at least one motor, which is operable to drive these three different motions at the same time. The power tool includes a rotating member, which is configur...