US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on June 30 for "Drilling tool including a step drill bit" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,894, issued on June 30, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Drilling tool including a step drill bit" was invented by Zachary D. Bernaden (Milwaukee), Jason M. Thom (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Milorad Marich (Mequon, Wis.) and Jonathan G. Winter (Burlington, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling tool includes a drive assembly with a shank that is configured to couple to a power tool and a step drill bit. The step drill bit includes a body having a proximal end adjacent the shank, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a bit axis extending centrally through the body between the proximal end and the ...