ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,117, issued on July 15, was assigned to Steinel GmbH (Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany).
"Electrical, pistol-like handheld tool" was invented by Frank Albri (Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrical, pistol-like handheld tool. The handheld tool includes a tool body for electrically activated machining of a workpiece, a grip part connected to the tool body at an angle thereto, an actuation device for manually activating and/or deactivating the handheld tool, which actuation device is arranged on the tool body or the grip part, and an unlocking device for manually unlocking and/or l...