US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on March 3 for "Jigsaw" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,890, issued on March 3, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Jigsaw" was invented by John M. Jubeck (Mequon, Wis.), Andrew J. Weber (Cudahy, Wis.), Jacob A. Edwards (Milwaukee), Ryan D. Moorleghen (Milwaukee), Matthew Leidel (Wind Lake, Wis.) and Wu Fan (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jigsaw including a housing, a handle extending transverse from the housing in a direction of a handle axis, a battery selectively coupled to the handle, a foot plate coupled to the housing and configured to contact a workpiece, and a drive assembly powered by the battery. The drive assembly includes a moto...