US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on May 6 for "Systems and methods for cutter ram return" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,866, issued on May 6, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for cutter ram return" was invented by William Kreutter (Mosinee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for ram return in cutting tools. A cutting tool can include a frame, a cutting blade coupled to the frame, and an outer ram coupled to the frame. The outer ram can include a bore to receive hydraulic fluid to provide a first stage of movement for the cutting blade into to a cutting position. The cutting tool can also include an inner ram, an extension spring, a compressi...