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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2024
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Ian Duncan, Colgate, WI (US);
Ryan A. Dedrickson, Sussex, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A power tool includes a drive mechanism including an electric motor, a housing, and a spindle rotatable about a longitudinal axis in response to the drive mechanism. The power tool further includes a lockout mechanism including a plurality of detents asymmetrically positioned around the longitudinal axis, where each of the detents are movable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The power tool also includes a collar rotatably coupled to the housing, the collar including a plurality of recesses asymmetrically positioned around the longitudinal axis, wherein in the unlocking position, each of the detents is received in one of the recesses and the spindle is axially movable within the housing, and wherein in the locking position, at least one of the detents is not received in one of the recesses and axial movement of the spindle is prevented by the lockout mechanism.