US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on May 13 for "Modular battery pack charging system and method of operating the same" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,034, issued on May 13, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Modular battery pack charging system and method of operating the same" was invented by Donald J. Truettner (Waukesha, Wis.), Babacar J. Diop (New Berlin, Wis.) and Kyle C. Fassbender (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for charging a rechargeable power tool battery pack. The system includes a housing having a first port, a second port, and a power bus. The first port is configured to receive at least one selected from a power supply and a charging module. The second port is configured to receive the other of the at least on...