US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on July 14 for "Tap and die handle assembly" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,875, issued on July 14, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Tap and die handle assembly" was invented by Matthew J. Fiddes (Milwaukee), Benjamin L. Miller (Milwaukee) and Katherine J. Haim (Hartland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle assembly to receive a collet of a tap assembly or a die includes a body defining a non-circular aperture and an axis of rotation that extends through the non-circular aperture. The non-circular aperture is configured to receive the collet of the tap assembly or the die. The handle assembly also includes a grip extending radially from the body and a retainer dispo...