ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,516, issued on March 25, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Battery pack, charger and disconnect system" was invented by Donald J. Truettner (Waukesha, Wis.), Jeffrey M. Brozek (Mequon, Wis.), Steven T. Sommerfeld (Mukwonago, Wis.) and Cameron R. Schulz (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery charger and a method of operating a battery charger. The charger may include a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet; a charging circuit operable to output a charging current to charge a battery couplable to the battery charger; a tubular heat sink; and a fan operable to cause air flow from ...