US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Oct. 7 for "Electronic clutch for power tools" (Wisconsin, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,371, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Electronic clutch for power tools" was invented by Austin Gaspar (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Robert Keys (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for electronically limiting torque in a power tool. One power tool includes a motor, a trigger, and a controller connected to the trigger and the motor. The controller is configured to provide, in response to actuation of the trigger, power to the motor, determine a speed of the motor, activate the electronic clutch, in response to determining that the speed of the motor has drop...