US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Sept. 30 for "Percussion tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,638, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Percussion tool" was invented by John Bloom-Edmonds (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Kyle Krause (Milwaukee), Jeffery D. Spraggon (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Andrew D. Van Hoorn (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percussion tool including a parking assembly movable relative to a spindle. The parking assembly includes a seat coupled to the spindle, a first shuttle portion movable relative to an outer surface of the spindle, a biasing member positioned between the seat and the first shuttle portion, a second shuttle portion movable relati...