US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Oct. 27 for "Powered screwdriver including clutch setting sensor" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,761, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Powered screwdriver including clutch setting sensor" was invented by Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.), Maxwell I. Merget (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) and Douglas R. Fieldbinder (Greendale, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary power tool includes a gear case, an output shaft, a drive mechanism, and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism including a compression spring positioned around the output shaft. The rotary power tool further includes a clutch adjustment assembly having a collar disposed circumferentially around the gear case and ro...