ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,522, issued on May 27, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Power tool with combined chip for wireless communications and power tool control" was invented by Anthony Davis (Brookfield, Wis.), Alexander Huber (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Timothy R. Obermann (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power tool devices described herein include a motor, an actuator configured to be actuated by a user, a plurality of power switching elements configured to drive the motor, a gate driver coupled to the plurality of power switching elements and configured to control the plurality of power switching elements,...