US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on March 24 for "Power tool battery terminal block assembly" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,069, issued on March 24, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool battery terminal block assembly" was invented by Spencer Stingl (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Jonathan J. Christian (Greenfield, Wis.), Alan J. Rehfeldt (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Yong Zhang (Maoming, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a motor configured to drive a working element and a battery receptacle. The battery receptacle is configured to receive a battery and includes a tool-side battery terminal, a tool-side terminal block, and a heat sink. The tool-side battery terminal is electrically coupled to the motor and con...