ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,881, issued on April 29, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Offset base for router" was invented by Tyler S. Sigafoose (Pewaukee, Wis.), Jeffery D. Spraggon (Oak Creek, Wis.), Andrew D. Van Hoorn (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Zhenxin Dong (Huizhou, China) and Ye Wang (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides, in one aspect, a router including a motor unit and a base configured to selectively receive the motor unit to support the router on a work piece surface. The motor unit includes a motor and a spindle configured to output a torque supplied by the motor. The base inclu...