ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,697, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).
"Work tool and transmission system thereof" was invented by Adis Sabic (Kwai Chung, China), Xin Ran Lu (Dongguan, China) and Ruo Yang Hu (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work tool and transmission system thereof. The transmission system comprises: a first shaft (250) and a second shaft (350), a near end (351) of the second shaft having a first mating part; a shaft coupler (600), a far-side part (620) of the shaft coupler having a second mating part matched in shape to the first mating part; and a coupling mechanism capable of directly or...