US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Oct. 20 for "Systems and methods for tool signal extension" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,011, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for tool signal extension" was invented by Anthony M. Davis (Brookfield, Wis.), Matthew Halenka (Brookfield, Wis.), Bo Chen (Brookfield, Wis.) and Kegan Markwardt (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool is provided with a connector that can be configured to removably receive a corresponding connector of an extender having an antenna to electrically connect the extender to the tool. With the connector of the tool electrically connected to the connector of the extender, the controller can be configured to utili...