US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on Sept. 23 for "Blade clamp for reciprocating saw" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,345, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Blade clamp for reciprocating saw" was invented by Benson E. Truitt (Greenville, S.C.) and Seth Austin Hartley (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating tool includes a housing, a spindle having an end configured to receive a saw blade, and a blade clamp mechanism supported on the spindle and configured to attach the saw blade to the spindle. The blade clamp mechanism includes a locking member movable relative to the spindle between a locked position and an unlocked position. The blade clamp mechanism also includes an actuating ...