US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 8 for "Powered tire repair tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,605, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Powered tire repair tool" was invented by Christopher D. Jornlin (Milwaukee), Amith J. Baskaran (Wauwatosa, Wis.), John L. O'Sullivan (Brookfield, Wis.) and Brian J. Prestley (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire repair tool includes a housing, an electric motor disposed within a motor housing portion, a battery receiving portion configured to receive a battery pack to power the electric motor, an actuator configured to selectively activate the electric motor, and a chuck rotatably driven by the motor and configured to receive ...