ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,318, issued on May 12, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Power tool with sheet metal fastener mode" was invented by Levi D. Speckman (Elkhorn, Wis.), Jonathan E. Abbott (Milwaukee) and Mitchell G. Menard (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing, the motor including a rotor, a drive assembly operably coupled to the rotor, the drive assembly including an output configured to rotate about an axis in a first direction in response to forward operation of the motor and in a second, opposite direction in response to reverse operation of the ...