US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on April 29 for "Motor braking using selectively connectable resistance" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,072, issued on April 29, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Motor braking using selectively connectable resistance" was invented by Timothy R. Obermann (Waukesha, Wis.) and Alexander Huber (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for motor braking using selectively connectable resistance. The method includes controlling, using a motor controller of the power tool, a power switching network to drive a motor of the power tool in response to actuation of a user input and determining, using the motor controller, a variable tool characteristic. The method further includes de...