US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on July 8 for "Resettable electronic fuse for high-power devices" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,229, issued on July 8, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Resettable electronic fuse for high-power devices" was invented by Jeffrey M. Brozek (Mequon, Wis.), Benjamin Tesch (Milwaukee) and Chien-Chih Chao (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resettable electronic fuse for a high-power device such as a power tool, a battery pack for the power tool, or a battery pack charger. The resettable electronic fuse is connected in a current path of the device and is operable or configured to selectively interrupt current through the resettable electronic fuse based on a detected condition of th...