US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on March 11 for "Multi-size tool bit holder for a rotary power tool" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,414, issued on March 11, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Multi-size tool bit holder for a rotary power tool" was invented by Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-size tool bit holder includes a first sleeve with a first bit holding bore extending along an axis and a first accommodating bore extending through a sidewall of the first bit holding bore, a second sleeve coupled for co-rotation with the first sleeve and movable relative to the first sleeve between a first position and a second position, the second sleeve including a second bit holding bore extending along ...