ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,833, issued on July 1, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool including a battery pack isolation system" was invented by Troy C. Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.), Jeffrey M. Wackwitz (Waukesha, Wis.) and Andrew J. Weber (Cudahy, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing, a motor positioned substantially within the housing, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and coupled to the motor, a battery pack electrically coupled to the motor, and an isolation system. The isolation system includes an interface member positioned substantially within the housing. The interface member...