US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on Nov. 11 for "Track saw including plunge lockout mechanism" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,982, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Track saw including plunge lockout mechanism" was invented by David E. Dutterer (Belton, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lockout mechanism for use with a saw, the lockout mechanism including a lockout actuator, a lever, and a pin. The lockout actuator is movable between a safety position in which the lockout actuator inhibits actuation of a trigger and a use position in which the lockout actuator permits actuation of the trigger. The lever is coupled to and movable with the lockout actuator and the pin. The pin is movable between a first position ...