US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 9 for "Electronic spindle lock for a power tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,593, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Electronic spindle lock for a power tool" was invented by Gareth Mueckl (Milwaukee), Zachary G. Stanke (Wausau, Wis.), Jeremy R. Ebner (East Troy, Wis.), Timothy R. Obermann (Waukesha, Wis.) and Ryan B. Jipp (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic spindle lock for a power tool. One embodiment provides a power tool including a housing, a bit receiving portion provided on the housing for receiving a power tool bit, a motor within the housing configured to rotate the bit receiving portion, and a controller coupled to the motor. T...