US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on May 12 for "Battery pack detection and battery discharge mode selection" (Wisconsin, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,013, issued on May 12, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Battery pack detection and battery discharge mode selection" was invented by Jay Rosenbecker (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Randolph McHugh (Sullivan, Wis.) and Fraizier Reiland (Myrtle Beach, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a battery pack interface configured to receive a battery pack. The battery pack interface includes one or more power terminals and one or more communication terminals. The power tool further includes a controller having an electronic processor. The controller is configured to receive, via the one or more ...