US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Feb. 18 for "Vacuum for use with modular storage system" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,066, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Vacuum for use with modular storage system" was invented by Fraizier Reiland (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Jonathan M. Mantes (Franklin, Wis.), Donghai Liu (Dongguan, China), Baiyuan Huang (Huanggang, China) and Fang Cheng (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum that couples to storage units is provided. The vacuum includes a motor, an internal compartment, and an inlet and outlet that provide fluid communication between the internal compartment and an exterior of the vacuum. The vacuum includes one or more mechanisms to protect intern...