ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,841, issued on April 22, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Modular device with solar power supply" was invented by Donald J. Truettner (Waukesha, Wis.), Kyle C. Fassbender (Brookfield, Wis.), Joseph Marco (Fox Point, Wis.), Timothy Nowak (Glenview, Ill.), Sean Roberts (Milwaukee), Steven Zipparro (Bartlett, Ill.), Samuel Feldner (Orland Park, Ill.) and Caleb Nathaniel Hille (West Chester, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various modular systems including a power unit are shown. In one example, a power unit includes a solar panel, a power storage device and one or more power outlet interfaces. One of...