ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,592, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Power tool brake abort" was invented by Mitchell A. Ellena (West Allis, Wis.), Ryan Khatib (Waukesha, Wis.), Lokeshwaran Rajendran (Waukesha, Wis.) and David A. Bierdeman (New Berlin, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power tools described herein include an electric motor, a driver blade, a trigger switch, a safety switch, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is connected to the electric motor, the trigger switch, and the safety switch. The electronic controller is configured to initiate a retraction cycle by controlling the ...