US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on June 2 for "System and method for configuring a power tool with an impact mechanism" (New York, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,206, issued on June 2, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"System and method for configuring a power tool with an impact mechanism" was invented by John S. Dey IV (New York) and Jeffrey M. Wackwitz (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool with an impact mechanism and that is controlled based on a drive angle from impacting. The power tool includes a housing, a brushless direct current (DC) motor within the housing, an impact mechanism, and an output drive device. The brushless DC motor includes a rotor coupled to a motor shaft to produce a rotational output. The impact mechanism includ...