US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 9 for "Contactless trigger with rotational magnetic sensor for a power tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,620, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Contactless trigger with rotational magnetic sensor for a power tool" was invented by Maxwell L. Merget (Milwaukee), Douglas R. Fieldbinder (Greendale, Wis.) and Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trigger assembly for a power tool includes a housing, a moveable plunger extending from a surface of the housing, the movable plunger includes a first end disposed externally from the housing and a second end disposed internally within the housing. The trigger assembly further includes a trigger shoe coupled to the firs...