ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,061, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Portable power source" was invented by Gareth Mueckl (Milwaukee), Dean W. Nowalis (Franklin, Wis.), Jay J. Rosenbecker (Menomonee, Wis.), Benjamin Tesch (Milwaukee), Michael A. Matthews (Milwaukee), Amanda M. Kachar (West Allis, Wis.) and Dalton F. Hansen (Whitefish Bay, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable power source. The portable power source includes a housing, a first battery pack support configured to receive a first removable and rechargeable battery pack, a second battery pack support configured to receive a second removable ...