US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Sept. 8 for "Drop detection in power tools" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,491, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Drop detection in power tools" was invented by Joseph G. Bloomfield (Wauwautosa, Wis.), Arik A. Miller (Shorewood, Wis.) and Daniel J. Tomcheck (Denmark, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool comprising a power tool housing and a motor within the power tool housing. The motor including a rotor and a stator, the rotor coupled to a motor shaft to produce a rotational output. The power tool further includes a sensor within the power tool housing, the sensor configured to sense a free fall of the power tool, generate an output signal rel...