US Patent Issued to Snap-on on March 24 for "Non-contact direction selector mechanism" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,195, issued on March 24, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Non-contact direction selector mechanism" was invented by Collin Kohls (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direction selector mechanism adapted to cause a motor to selectively rotate in either one of first and second rotational directions. The direction selector mechanism includes a selector switch slidably or rotatably coupled to the tool and adapted to be selectively positioned between one of first and second positions, a non-contact actuator disposed in the selector switch, and a non-contact sensor adapted to detect the proximity of the non-contac...