ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,065, issued on July 21, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Hole saw with open end cap geometry" was invented by Brett Parendo (Milwaukee), Marcus Carli (Brookfield, Wis.), Bryan C. Ward (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Andrew Schulz (Slinger, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool, such as a hole saw, including an open end cap geometry is provided. The end cap includes spokes extending between a hub and a rim. A plurality of openings are defined between the spokes, hub and rim. The area of the openings is substantially large relative to the area of the end cap such that the end cap is relatively lightweight a...