US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Aug. 5 for "Power tool blade type detection and automatic speed adjustment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,505, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool blade type detection and automatic speed adjustment" was invented by John S. Dey IV (Milwaukee) and Corey J. Dickert (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for an electric tool (e.g., a power tool) that includes an output driver for receiving an accessory, and an accessory-type detector. A motor of the electric tool is coupled to the output driver for driving the accessory. The power tool also includes an operation trigger for activating the motor and a motor controller. The motor controller i...