US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Oct. 28 for "Attachment for powered hammer" (Wisconsin, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,044, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Attachment for powered hammer" was invented by Jeremy R. Ebner (East Troy, Wis.), Jonathan E. Abbott (Wilmington, Del.), Przemyslaw M. Krol (Milwaukee) and Randolph McHugh (Sullivan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of driving a rod into the ground comprises coupling an impact portion of an attachment to a powered hammer, positioning the rod between a first jaw of the attachment and a second jaw of the attachment, activating a first motor to move the first jaw toward the second jaw, such that the rod is clamped between the two jaws,...