US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on March 17 for "Power tool with non-conductive driveshaft" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,505, issued on March 17, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool with non-conductive driveshaft" was invented by Hans T. Banholzer (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes an elongated shaft forming a handle and a tool head located at one end of the handle. The tool head includes a working element and a driven shaft configured to drive the working element. A powerhead located at an opposite end of the handle and includes an input shaft. A driveshaft is coupled between the tool head and the powerhead. The driveshaft has a first driveshaft portion rotatably driven by the inp...