US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Nov. 25 for "Bulk metallic glass components for a power tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,076, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Bulk metallic glass components for a power tool" was invented by Ian A. Duncan (Colgate, Wis.) and Anthony E. Breitbach (Muskego, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a drive mechanism, a housing enclosing at least a portion of the drive mechanism, a spindle rotatable in response to receiving torque from the drive mechanism, a first drive element coupled for co-rotation with the spindle, the first drive element including a first sliding contact surface, and a second drive element rotationally fixed to the housing, the secon...