US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on March 17 for "Cooling arrangements for battery-powered stand-alone motor unit" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,248, issued on March 17, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Cooling arrangements for battery-powered stand-alone motor unit" was invented by Connor P. Sprague (Milwaukee), Evan M. Glanzer (Milwaukee) and John E. Koller (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone motor unit for use with a piece of power equipment includes a housing, an electric motor, a first fan driven by the electric motor and configured to induce an airflow through the electric motor, a power take-off shaft receiving torque from the motor, and control electronics positioned within the housing and electrically conn...