US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 1 for "Static discharge mitigation of vacuum cleaners" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,490, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Static discharge mitigation of vacuum cleaners" was invented by Nathan Beining (Milwaukee), Brian Cornell (West Allis, Wis.), Srdjan Acimovic (Hales Corners, Wis.), Anthony R. Sleck (Lisbon, Wis.) and Randolph H. McHugh (Sullivan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner system comprising a motor-impeller assembly, a power source, and a hose. The motor-impeller assembly is configured to generate fluid flow, the fluid flow passing through a hose inlet. The power source is configured to supply power to the motor-impeller assembly. The...