US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on March 4 for "Reciprocating saw" (Wisconsin, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,048, issued on March 4, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Reciprocating saw" was invented by Vincent Zornow (Milwaukee), Jonathon Gasteiner (Brookfield, Wis.) and Gerald Zucca (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor positioned within the housing and configured to drive a reciprocating saw blade, and a shoe coupled to the housing. The shoe is configured to engage a workpiece. The reciprocating saw also includes a proximity sensor configured to detect the workpiece when engaged with the shoe. The proximity sensor is positioned on a forward end of the h...