US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Oct. 27 for "Electronic clutch for power tool" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,770, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Electronic clutch for power tool" was invented by Trevor J. Koenig (Towson, Md.), Joseph P. Kelleher (Parkville, Md.), Rick J. Heavel (Hanover, Pa.), Heather Schafer (Towson, Md.) and Thomas Delmont (Clarksville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing; an electric motor; an electronic clutch; and a clutch setting assembly that includes a variable resistive element, a clutch selector, and a contact assembly. The contact assembly includes a spring coupled to the clutch selector and a contact member with a leg configured to be ...