US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 13 for "Vacuum shroud for hand-held drill" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,827, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Vacuum shroud for hand-held drill" was invented by Justin William Balvanz (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a hand-held drill is disclosed. The assembly includes a drill guide and a vacuum shroud. The drill guide includes a mount, a telescoping guard, and a guide foot. The mount is configured to couple to a non-rotating portion of the hand-held drill. The telescoping guard extends from the mount. The guide foot is coupled to the telescoping guard opposite the mount such that the drill guide enshrouds a drill bit of the hand-held dri...