ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,597, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Offset impact mechanism for a hammer tool" was invented by Joshua M. Beer (Kenosha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact mechanism for an impact tool having a housing with a housing longitudinal axis, wherein the impact mechanism includes an impact mechanism longitudinal axis that is offset and substantially perpendicular to the housing longitudinal axis. The impact mechanism includes a gear carrier adapted to be driven by a motor of the impact tool to rotate about the impact mechanism longitudinal axis, a hammer slidably coupled to the gear carrier and r...