ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,479, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Reciprocating saw" was invented by Joshua Adams (Milwaukee) and Ryan J. Denissen (Sussex, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The motor includes an output gear rotatable about a motor axis. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that engages the output gear and is rotated by the motor. The driven gear has a circumference and is vertically-oriented within the housing. The drive mechanism also includes an output shaft coupled to the driven gear and configured to reciprocate...