ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,521, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Tool with multi-stage trigger" was invented by Peter Matthew Wason (Derry, N.H.), Brian McCulloh White (Manchester, N.H.) and John David LeFavour (Litchfield, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-stage trigger assembly for portable, hand-held, battery powered tools is provided. The tool may be configured as a crimping tool, a cutting tool or other type of tool. The tool has an in-line handle assembly and a working head assembly. The trigger assembly has a first stage that is a manual operation and a second stage that is an electro-mechanical operation."
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