US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on July 8 for "Power tool component position sensing" (Wisconsin, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,795, issued on July 8, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool component position sensing" was invented by Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.), John S. Dey IV (New York) and Timothy R. Obermann (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Position sensing related to a component within a power tool. The component within the power tool is, for example, a hammer of an impact mechanism and can include one or more sensible features that allow a controller of the power tool to precisely determine the position, speed, and acceleration of the component. One or more sensors can be used to determine the ...