US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on June 17 for "Oscillating power tool with adjustable angular amplitude of oscillation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,286, issued on June 17, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Oscillating power tool with adjustable angular amplitude of oscillation" was invented by James C. Sitter (Milwaukee) and David A. Bierdeman (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillating power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed generally within the housing and including a drive shaft, an output spindle configured to be driven by the motor and journaled for oscillating rotation about an oscillation axis, a drive mechanism configured to convert rotation of the drive shaft into oscillating rotation of the output spindle abo...