US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on May 12 for "System and methods for determining crimp applications and reporting power tool usage" (Wisconsin, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,107, issued on May 12, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"System and methods for determining crimp applications and reporting power tool usage" was invented by Carl B. Westerby (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Jonathan E. Abbott (Wilmington, Del.) and Corey J. Dickert (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reporting usage of a power tool. The power tool comprises a pair of jaws configured to crimp a workpiece, a piston cylinder configured to actuate at least one of the pair of jaws, and a sensor configured to sense operating characteristics associated with a crimping applicatio...