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Is this correct for the updated blade guard on a radial arm saw?
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Stumpy Nubs has released a video on this topic, which is what I'm mainly pulling from.
Several of SawStop's patents have expired but there is one still active which is fairly broad in scope and basically gives them right-of-way over any flesh-detecting saw brakes. They sued (or issued a cease and desist, don't know if it went to court or whatever) Bosch for the line of flesh detecting saws they briefly sold. There is now some proposal for requiring all saws to have flesh-sensing blade brakes in the US, which would basically set the minimum price of a table saw at $1000 or more, and SawStop has "promised" to open their patent if this becomes law. For whatever that's worth.
It is my understanding that Underwriter's Labs is where the requirement for any new model of table saw sold after 2008 have a riving knife.