US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 8 for "Router" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,508, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Router" was invented by Connor M. Temme (Medford, Wis.), Nikos A. Gainacopulos (Milwaukee) and Andrew R. Schauer (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router includes a motor unit including an electric motor and a rotatable output shaft. The router also includes a base plate coupled to the motor unit, and a depth adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the motor unit relative to the base plate. The depth adjustment mechanism includes a threaded depth adjustment shaft rotatably coupled to one of the motor unit and the ...