US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Jan. 27 for "Shadowless lighting design for a power tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,784, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Shadowless lighting design for a power tool" was invented by Ian McConeghy (Mequon, Wis.), Bryan C. Kendall (Lisbon, Wis.), Jesse A. Gibb (Milwaukee) and Jeffery D. Spraggon (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary hammer includes a housing including a motor housing and a secondary housing. The rotary hammer includes an output device configured to provide a rotational output, an axial hammering output, or both the rotational output and the axial hammering output. The rotary hammer also includes a transmission mechanism situated w...