US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 23 for "Chisel hammer" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,759, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Chisel hammer" was invented by Troy C. Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.), Beth E. Cholst (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Matthew C. Cassabaum (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Taylor Crabb (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool adapted to impart axial impacts to a tool bit includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion extending transversely from the motor housing portion, an electric motor supported in the motor housing portion and defining a motor axis, a non-rotatable barrel extending from the motor housing portion a...