ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,074, issued on April 15, was assigned to SawStop Holding LLC (Tualatin, Ore.).
"Power saws" was invented by John R. Emoto-Tisdale (Portland, Ore.), Andrew E. Engel (Wilsonville, Ore.), J. David Fulmer (Wailea, Hawaii), Stephen F. Gass (West Linn, Ore.), Curt M. Kemper (Portland, Ore.), Paul H. Stasiewicz (Oregon City, Ore.), Benjamin J. Stockwell (Turner, Ore.) and Brian M. Unger (Hillsboro, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A table saw with an elevation mechanism to raise or lower a blade is disclosed. The elevation mechanism includes a handwheel operatively connected to one end of a rotatable shaft and a universal joint assembly c...