US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Nov. 25 for "Structure with color-changing housing" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,195, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Structure with color-changing housing" was invented by Swapnil Suresh Rathod (Milwaukee), Kyle C. Fassbender (Brookfield, Wis.), Matthew R. Polakowski (Greenfield, Wis.), James P. Elfering (Antioch, Ill.), Michael A. Barrowclift (East Troy, Wis.), Maria Krutikova (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Max Karbin (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device capable of emitting or absorbs energy relative a surrounding environment. The electrical device includes a housing, an interior volume defined in the housing, an energy sensor at least parti...