US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on March 4 for "Systems and methods for detecting anvil position using an inductive sensor" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,085, issued on March 4, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for detecting anvil position using an inductive sensor" was invented by Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.), Douglas R. Fieldbinder (Greendale, Wis.) and Maxwell L. Merget (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 power tool also includes a target positioned on a shaft, a magnetic shield positioned on the shaft between the target and th...