Patents by Inventor Beth E. Cholst

Beth E. Cholst has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12635613
    Abstract: Crankshafts for handheld power tools are provided. A crankshaft includes an input section configured to be coupled to a motive device and an output section comprising first and second engagement members. The first and second engagement members are configured to drive a first and second cutting implement, wherein the first and second engaging members are spaced apart from each other in a direction along a rotational axis of the crankshaft and in a direction transverse to the rotational axis of the crankshaft, and wherein the first and second cutting implements are each coupled to or detached from the crankshaft by translating relative to the crankshaft in a direction along the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Luke P. Corsiglia, Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20260114365
    Abstract: A spool and a trimmer head. The trimmer head includes a housing defining a cavity and rotatable about an axis. A spool is supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed. The spool is movable along the axis relative to the housing, and the spool and the housing define cooperating conical surfaces to center the spool during movement of the spool toward and in a position relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20260112922
    Abstract: A power distribution device that couples to storage units is provided. The power distribution device a battery charger that indirectly charges batteries, such as for personal electronic devices. The device includes a top panel with a recess that receives the personal electronic devices. The device also includes interface components to couple the device to a modular tool storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventor: Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20260083066
    Abstract: Crankshaft assemblies for handheld power tools are provided. A crankshaft assembly includes a first engagement member defining a first opening, a second engagement member defining a second opening, a crankshaft coupled to the first engagement member and the second engagement member and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, and at least one crank arm coupled to the crankshaft for driving one or both of the first engagement member and the second engagement member. The crankshaft assembly also includes a first sliding member disposed in the first opening and a second sliding member disposed in the second opening and contacting the first sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin S. Puls, Beth E. Cholst, Dylan J. Konop
  • Patent number: 12583069
    Abstract: A rotary hammer tool can include a housing, a first motor supported by the housing, a spindle rotated by the first motor, a second motor supported by the housing, and a reciprocation mechanism reciprocated by the second motor. The reciprocation mechanism can include a piston driven to reciprocate within the spindle and a striker to reciprocate within the spindle in response to reciprocation of the piston. The rotational speed of the spindle and a reciprocation frequency of the reciprocation mechanism may be independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Greunke, Andrew D. Van Hoorn, Kevin A. McLachlan, Julia C. Marsh, Mauricio Builes Zapata, Daryl S. Richards, Beth E. Cholst, Jeffery D. Spraggon
  • Patent number: 12585143
    Abstract: One or more safety eyewear devices are described. The safety eyewear includes a heating element that transfers heat to lenses, thereby providing defogging in eyewear suitable for a construction environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Rehfeldt, Beth E. Cholst, Jordan A. Rimmer
  • Patent number: 12582029
    Abstract: A trimmer head for use with a string trimmer including a drive shaft includes a housing rotatable about a rotational axis. The housing includes a main body defining a cavity, and a cap removably coupled to the main body. The trimmer head further includes a spool supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed, a retainer positioned between the housing and the spool, and a nut positioned within the spool and configured to drivingly couple to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20260068824
    Abstract: An outdoor power tool and methods of operating outdoor power tools are provided. An outdoor power tool includes a first blade extending from a first end to a second end, a second blade extending from the first end to the second end, a first connecting rod coupled to the first blade at the first end and comprising a first length, a second connecting rod coupled to the second blade at the first end and comprising a second length different from the first length, and a crankshaft coupled to the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod. The crankshaft is configured for transmitting reciprocating motion to the first blade, the second blade, or both the first blade and the second blade in a first direction and a second direction. The second direction is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Dylan J. Konop, Michael S. Van Dyke, Peter Davies, Travis Leathrum, Hunter Kollman, Coby Nettleton, Richard A. Behnke, Adam F. Czerwonka, Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20260034653
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, and a drive unit providing torque to move the driver blade, the drive unit having an output shaft defining a rotational axis. The driver further includes a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade and receives torque from the drive unit in a rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, an aperture defined within the lifter through which the output shaft extends permitting radial movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position, and a spring biasing the lifter to the first position. The lifter translates in a radial direction relative to the output shaft from the first position toward the second position from engagement with the driver blade while rotating in the rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: David A. Bierdeman, Troy C. Thorson, Jacob P. Schneider, Mackenzie J. Nick, Nathan Bandy, Travis W. Leathrum, Mitchell T. Neuhoff, Mark C. Hughes, David C. Graf, Marcus Wechselberger, Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Jacob N. Zimmerman, Jason M. Julius, Rosalie C. Phillips, Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20260026431
    Abstract: Trimmer head assemblies and trimmers are provided. A trimmer head assembly includes a trimmer head that has a housing and a spool positioned within the housing. The spool includes a first flange portion, a second flange portion, and a body portion extending between the first flange portion and the second flange portion. The spool defines a cavity extending through the first flange portion, the second flange portion, and the body portion. The trimmer head assembly further includes a motor positioned in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Earl M. Ortt
  • Publication number: 20260013426
    Abstract: A trimmer head includes a housing rotatable about a rotational axis. The housing includes a main body defining a cavity, and a cap removably coupled to the main body. The trimmer head additionally includes a spool supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed, a retainer positioned between the housing and the spool. and a first ring protruding from a distal end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 12525825
    Abstract: A power distribution device that couples to storage units is provided. The power distribution device a battery charger that indirectly charges batteries, such as for personal electronic devices. The device includes a top panel with a recess that receives the personal electronic devices. The device also includes interface components to couple the device to a modular tool storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20250386763
    Abstract: A lawnmower including: a mower deck defining a volume; a driving element configured to drive a cutting implement within the volume; a plurality of wheels supporting the mower deck; and a handle extending in a rearward direction from the mower deck, wherein the mower deck defines a first radial length A1, as measured from a central vertex of the cutting implement to a front lip of the mower deck, and a second radial length A2, as measured from the central vertex to a lateral lip of the mower deck, wherein an aspect ratio of the first and second radial lengths [A1/A2] is at least 1.05, and wherein a tip distance, as measured between the front lip of the mower deck and a nearest part of the cutting implement when the cutting implement extends in a forward-rearward direction, is at least 1.5 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Bryan Edler, Mark C. Hughes, Michael Steven Van Dyke, Beth E. Cholst, Casey Garces
  • Patent number: 12502759
    Abstract: A power tool adapted to impart axial impacts to a tool bit includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion extending transversely from the motor housing portion, an electric motor supported in the motor housing portion and defining a motor axis, a non-rotatable barrel extending from the motor housing portion and defining a barrel axis parallel to the motor axis, a reciprocation drive assembly coupled to the electric motor and configured to convert torque from the electric motor to reciprocating motion of a piston received within the barrel for reciprocation therein along the barrel axis, a striker received within the barrel for reciprocation in response to the reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil at least partially received within the barrel and positioned between the striker and tool bit. The anvil communicates axial impacts to the tool bit in response to reciprocation of the striker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Troy C. Thorson, Beth E. Cholst, Matthew C. Cassabaum, Taylor Crabb
  • Publication number: 20250361878
    Abstract: A blower is provided, the blower including a conduit extending along a flowpath extending between an inlet portion and an outlet portion. An airflow generation assembly is positioned between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The airflow generation assembly is configured to induce a flow of air along the flowpath from the inlet portion through the outlet portion. A muffler assembly is coupled to the inlet portion and includes a muffler wall and a mount member extending from the inlet portion to the muffler wall to form an inlet gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Sourav Sens, Nathaniel A. Herrera, Jonathan Paul, Marcus T. Jenkins, Pranjal Kumar, Adam F. Czerwonka, Beth E. Cholst, Harry T. Ward, Andrew Medeiros-Nicholson, Hayden Huttula
  • Patent number: 12479074
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade and a drive unit having an output shaft for providing torque to move the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A rotary lifter is engageable with the driver blade and configured to receive torque from the output shaft of the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A kickout arrangement is defined between the lifter and the output shaft and configured to permit limited movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position. The kickout arrangement having a curvilinear slot defined in the rotary lifter in which a portion of the output shaft is received. Movement of the rotary lifter from the first position toward the second position causes the slot to move relative to the output shaft, while the output shaft remains within the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David A. Bierdeman, Troy C. Thorson, Jacob P. Schneider, Mackenzie J. Nick, Nathan Bandy, Travis W. Leathrum, Mitchell T. Neuhoff, Mark C. Hughes, David C. Graf, Marcus Wechselberger, Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Jacob N. Zimmerman, Jason M. Julius, Rosalie C. Phillips, Beth E. Cholst
  • Publication number: 20250353088
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a motor, a lower gear case subassembly, and an upper gear case subassembly. The lower gear case subassembly includes a first driveshaft portion and a counterweight configured to be driven by the motor to reciprocate via the first driveshaft portion. The upper gear case subassembly includes a second driveshaft portion and a spindle configured to be driven by the motor to reciprocate via the second driveshaft portion. The first driveshaft portion is coupled to the second driveshaft portion by joining the upper and lower gear case subassemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 12439846
    Abstract: A trimmer head includes a housing rotatable about a rotational axis. The housing includes a main body defining a cavity, and a cap removably coupled to the main body. The trimmer head additionally includes a spool supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed, a retainer positioned between the housing and the spool. and a first ring protruding from a distal end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 12426552
    Abstract: A handheld blower including a housing, an air duct defining a duct axis, the air duct including an air inlet and an air outlet opposite the air inlet, and a handle. The handle at least partially defining a battery receiving cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a battery pack therein, where the handle defines a grip axis, and where the grip axis is parallel to the duct axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Bennett W. Westling, Atul Anand, Gregory A Mutchler
  • Patent number: 12385494
    Abstract: A fan includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub and spaced circumferentially about the hub. The plurality of blades includes a reference blade, a first blade, and a second blade. The reference blade is disposed after the first blade in a circumferential direction about the hub. The second blade is disposed after the reference blade in the circumferential direction. The first blade is circumferentially spaced a first distance from the reference blade. The second blade is circumferentially spaced a second distance from the reference blade. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel A. Herrera, Beth E. Cholst, Shannon C. Bartlett, John L. Whealon