ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,018, issued on July 28, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Worksite audio device" was invented by Chelsea L. Rubietta (Loveland, Ohio) and Matthew D. Strommen (Greendale, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A worksite audio device includes a housing including a front side and a rear side, a speaker disposed on the front side of the housing, an audio circuit coupled to the speaker that provides an audio signal to the speaker, and an antenna assembly coupled to the housing and configured to deliver a radio signal to the audio circuit. The speaker is configured to output audio. The antenna assembly is rot...