ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,524, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Anti bind-up control for power tools" was invented by Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee), Maxwell L. Merget (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) and Carter H. Ypma (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting and acting on bind-up conditions of a power tool. The power tool includes a housing, a motor, a battery pack, and a motion sensor configured to sense rotational motion of the housing. An electronic controller is connected to the motor, the battery pack, and the motion sensor. The electronic controller is configured to determine w...