US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 16 for "Out-of-band point of sale activation for electronic power tool devices" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,700, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Out-of-band point of sale activation for electronic power tool devices" was invented by Timothy R. Obermann (Waukesha, Wis.) and Anthony M. Davis (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic power tool device includes an electronic processor, a communication interface in communication with the electronic processor, and a wake-up sensor configured to generate a wake signal for activating the communication interface and the electronic processor responsive to a stimulus. The communication interface is configured to receive a firs...