US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Oct. 20 for "Self-feed drill bit" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,612, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Self-feed drill bit" was invented by Douglas W. Allen (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Richard A. Hohnl Jr. (Racine, Wis.), Zachary M. McMahon (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Jacob A. Krabbe (Milwaukee), James J. Van Essen (Hales Corners, Wis.) and Praneeth Gandi (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit includes a shank defining a longitudinal axis and a cutting edge extending radially outward relative to the longitudinal axis. The cutting edge is configured to remove material from a workpiece along a cutting path during a cutting operation. The drill ...