ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,328, issued on May 12, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Power tool" was invented by Ian Duncan (Colgate, Wis.) and Ryan A. Dedrickson (Sussex, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a drive mechanism including an electric motor, a housing, and a spindle rotatable about a longitudinal axis in response to the drive mechanism. The power tool further includes a lockout mechanism including a plurality of detents asymmetrically positioned around the longitudinal axis, where each of the detents are movable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The power tool also includes a...