ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,509, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power systems in a modular system" was invented by Alec C. Roberts (Milwaukee), Kyle J. Radovich (West Bend, Wis.) and Jack Braun (Richfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various power systems that couple within a modular system are shown. In one example, a power system includes a plurality of male couplers arranged along a bottom of the power system, the male couplers configured to couple to utility modules in the modular system. In another example, the power system includes one or more coupling mechanisms configured to couple the power s...