ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,382, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Adaptive trigger mapping" was invented by Parker McColl (Menomonee, Wis.), Troy C. Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a housing, a trigger, a motor coupled to an output member, and a motor drive circuit coupled to the motor. The power tool further includes a motor controller coupled to the motor drive circuit. The motor control circuit is configured to detect a position change of the trigger, determine one or more parameters associated with the position change, and gen...