US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on March 18 for "Systems and methods for detecting anvil position using a relief feature" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,800, issued on March 18, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for detecting anvil position using a relief feature" was invented by Gareth Mueckl (Milwaukee), Maxwell L. Merget (Milwaukee), Douglas R. Fieldbinder (Greendale, Wis.), Justin A. Evankovich (Brookfield, Wis.), Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a housing, a brushless direct current (DC) motor, an impact mechanism including a hammer and an anvil, an output drive device, a position sensor, and a controller. The position sensor is adjace...