US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Oct. 20 for "Power tool with integrated depth stop" (Wisconsin, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,694, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Power tool with integrated depth stop" was invented by Julia C. Marsh (Milwaukee), Jeffery D. Spraggon (Milwaukee), Joy A. Sodon (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Adam N. Carter (Wales, Wis.), Brittany A. Sellnow (Milwaukee), Olivia M. Duero (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Allison J. Widzinski (Round Hill, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing and a guide rail fixed to the housing. A slide is moveable along the guide rail and a stop is lockable at a plurality of positions along the guide rail to limit movement of the slide along the guide r...