US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 2 for "Power tool including an output position sensor" (Wisconsin, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,519, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool including an output position sensor" was invented by John Stanley Dey IV (New York) and Jacob Paul Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a motor and an impact mechanism. The impact mechanism is coupled to the motor and includes a hammer driven by the motor, and an anvil positioned at a nose of the power tool, and configured to receive an impact from the hammer. The power tool also includes a sensor assembly positioned at the nose of the power tool, and an electronic processor. The sensor assem...