ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,224, issued on June 9, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Oscillating power tool" was invented by Jeffrey S. Holly (West Bend, Wis.), Jacob N. Zimmerman (Pewaukee, Wis.), James C. Sitter (Milwaukee), David A Bierdeman (New Berlin, Wis.), Andrew R. Schauer (Pewaukee, Wis.) and You Gen Liu (Dongguan City, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillating power tool includes an outer housing having a head portion and a handle portion extending therefrom, an inner housing within the outer housing, a first annular gap between the inner housing and the head portion of the outer housing, and a motor and a dr...