Black Decker Inc.

Curtiss Morton

Madhur M Purohit

Ross Arthur Billings

Robert J Cirincione, Ii

Jason D McKillican

Michael P Sikora

BhanuPrakash Villuri

Wesson Charles

Sona R Mathew

Paul J Korick

Michael Allen

A power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a motor controller disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the motor, and a transmission disposed in the housing and coupled to the motor. A tool bit holder is rotatably driven by the motor via the transmission and receives a tool bit for rotatably driving threaded fasteners. A power switch and an electronic model select switch are actuatable from outside the housing and are coupled to the motor controller. The power switch controls power delivery to the motor. The electronic mode select switch is configured to select between at least a first mode of operation in which power delivery to the motor is controlled by actuation of the power switch and an electronic lock on mode in which continuous power is delivered to the motor upon a single actuation and release of the power switch.

Power tool with multiple modes of operation and ergonomic handgrip

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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