US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Feb. 24 for "Automatic ramp load sense for power tools" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,768, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Automatic ramp load sense for power tools" was invented by Michael J. Panetta (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Carter H. Ypma (Milwaukee), Arik A. Miller (Shorewood, Wis.) and Mitchell A. Ellena (West Allis, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power tools described herein include a tool output, a motor driving the tool output, a battery pack interface, a power switching network coupled between the battery pack interface and the motor, and a controller coupled to the power switching network to control operation of the motor. The controller is configured to op...