US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Feb. 17 for "Clamp locking mechanism" (Wisconsin, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,985, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Clamp locking mechanism" was invented by Daniel R. Janosch (New Berlin, Wis.) and Ryan C. Williams (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp release mechanism is provided. The clamp includes a body, a shaft slideably coupled to the body, a fixed jaw, and a moveable jaw coupled to the shaft. A locking component actuates between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the locking component biases the shaft to remain stationary with respect to the body. The clamp includes a securing component pivotally...