ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,721, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Core drill assembly" was invented by Jonathan E. Schmitz (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Terry L. Timmons (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Karly M. Schober (Milwaukee), Dane Laitinen (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Andrew Medeiros-Nicholson (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Paul W. Eiche (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Casey A. Ketterhagen (Hartland, Wis.), Sara Burch (Milwaukee) and Guo Qian Qin (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill stand includes a base supportable upon a mounting surface, a mast defining a longitudinal axis and extending upward from the base, a carriage moveably coupled to ...