US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 30 for "Wireless charging pad for power tool battery packs" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,702, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Wireless charging pad for power tool battery packs" was invented by Donald J. Truettner (Waukesha, Wis.), Kyle C. Fassbender (Brookfield, Wis.) and Ryan B. Jipp (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for wireless charging of a battery pack. One system includes a plurality of battery packs and a wireless charger. Each of the plurality of battery packs includes a receiving antenna configured to convert an alternating current power to a charging current. The wireless charger includes an alternating current to direct c...