US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 1 for "Non-contact speed selector switch in rotary power tool" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,269, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Non-contact speed selector switch in rotary power tool" was invented by Maxwell L. Merget (Whitefish Bay, Wis.), Jingyuan Liang (Toronto), Michael R. Sande (Waukesha, Wis.), Michael Halverson (Greenfield, Wis.), Ian Duncan (Colgate, Wis.), Nicholas C. Mantych (Burlington, Wis.) and Alex Huber (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion extending therefrom. An electric motor is positioned within the motor housing portion. The power tool also includes tr...