US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Feb. 3 for "Printed circuit board assembly with multiple conduction paths" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,590, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Printed circuit board assembly with multiple conduction paths" was invented by Joshua D. Widder (Grafton, Wis.) and Kyle Krause (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board assembly for use in a power tool includes a potting boat, a printed circuit board, a thermally conductive gap pad, potting material, and a secondary heat sink. The potting boat includes primary heat sink fins. The electronic components are mounted on a first surface of the printed circuit board. The gap pad contacts the electronic component and the stand-o...