US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on April 15 for "Blade clamp for reciprocating saw" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,076, issued on April 15, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Blade clamp for reciprocating saw" was invented by Beth E. Cholst (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Troy C Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Hans T. Banholzer (Mequon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating saw includes a blade assembly having a spindle and a blade clamp. The blade clamp includes a cover rotatably coupled to the spindle, and a detent movable in a radial direction to adjust the blade clamp between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The cover is rotatable between a first rotational position relative to the spindle co...