US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on July 1 for "Locking mechanism for a battery pack on a portable electric device" (Wisconsin, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,968, issued on July 1, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Locking mechanism for a battery pack on a portable electric device" was invented by John G. Marx (Hartford, Wis.), Kyle J. Radovich (West Bend, Wis.), Jeffrey M. Wackwitz (Waukesha, Wis.), Andrew D. Van Hoorn (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Joseph R. Beeson (Kansas City, Mo.), Troy C. Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Nathan Bandy (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a housing that has a battery pack receiving portion configured to receive an interface of a battery pack, device contacts extending from the housing and config...