ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,541, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Oscillating multi-tool" was invented by Noelle Hale (San Diego), Husam M. Altoonisi (Tabuk, Saudi Arabia), Ryan Tarr (Louisville, Ky.) and Alec Sanabria (Germantown, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing, a motor that is disposed within the housing and defining a first axis, and a tool holder driven to oscillate about a second axis by the motor. The second axis is perpendicular to the first axis. The power tool also includes a vibration dampening assembly with a counterweight that is configured to reciprocate alon...