Patent ID: 11890741
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A trigger assembly for a power tool comprising:
a housing;
a moveable plunger extending from a surface of the housing, the moveable plunger including a first end disposed externally from the housing and a second end disposed internally within the housing;
a trigger shoe coupled to the first end of the moveable plunger;
an arm including a first side that is moveably connected to the second end of the moveable plunger and a second side that is coupled to a magnet; and
a sensor configured to sense a magnetic field of the magnet,
wherein movement of the trigger shoe rotates the magnet and alters the magnetic field sensed by the sensor.