ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,735, issued on March 25, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Router including cutting depth locking and adjustment mechanism" was invented by Andrew J. Scangamor (Anderson, S.C.), Patrick Murphy (Anderson, S.C.), Austin J. Johnson (Greenville, S.C.), Divyeshwar Ramesh (Simpsonville, S.C.), Antoinette Louw (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Mason A. Matlock (Mauldin, S.C.), Wen Nie (Dongguan, China) and Ping Li (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router includes a motor unit and a base that receives the motor unit. A threaded shaft is supported on either the motor unit or the base. A slide is supported on the o...