US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on March 24 for "Punchdown tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,969, issued on March 24, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Punchdown tool" was invented by Alexander J. Paulsen (Milwaukee), James A. Cemke Jr. (Richfield, Wis.) and Eric J. Williams (Grafton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A punchdown tool for fitting wires into connectors including a housing with a front side, a back side, a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, a leading surface on the front end, and an interior defined between the front and back sides. The punchdown tool also includes a drive mechanism with a hammer, an anvil, and a drive spring. The drive mechanism is positioned in ...