Black Decker Inc.

Daniel Fitzgerald

Daniel Joseph White

Matthew J Velderman

Warren A Ceroll

Andrew E Seman, Jr

Michael Kenneth Forster

John Charles Vanko

Bhanuprasad V Gorti

Ryan Klee

James D Schroeder

John D Cox

Michael Varipatis

Robert Alan Usselman

Thomas Jay Bodine

Brian E Friedman

Tal Gottesman

Nathan J Osborne

Dennis A Bush

Nicholas J Garibaldi

John C Wenig

Philip Gilde

Eric J Samuelsen

Danielle J Barker

Stephanie A Billingsley

Alfred M Irungu

Michael Roberts

Danielle D Barker

A battery pack and transport coupler for enabling the battery pack to reduce the pack power capacity. The battery pack include at least two strings of battery cells and a coupler provided at least partially inside the housing. The coupler is moveable between a first position, which causes the string of battery cells to be electrically connected inside the housing, and a second position, which causes the strings of battery cells to be electrically disconnected inside the housing.

Transport system for battery pack

A battery pack and transport coupler for enabling the battery pack to reduce the pack power capacity. The battery pack include a plurality of strings of battery cells and a switching network for coupling and decoupling the strings of battery cells from each other. When the plurality of strings of battery cells are coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a decoupler for decoupling the strings of battery cells and when the plurality of strings of battery cells are not coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a coupler for coupling the strings of battery cells for operation with an electronic device such as a power tool.

Transport system for convertible battery pack

A chop saw includes a base assembly and a saw assembly pivotally attached to the base assembly. The base assembly has a workpiece-supporting plane. The saw assembly has a blade and a motor driving the blade. A hinged connection between the base assembly and a saw assembly allows a user to rotate the saw assembly from a position where the plane of the blade extends through the workpiece-supporting plane to a position where the plane of the blade does not extend through the workpiece-supporting plane. In such position, the plane of blade may be substantially parallel to the workpiece-supporting plane. A switch or sensor may detect when the saw assembly is in the pivoted position so that the motor cannot be activated in such position.

Chop saw with improved storage mode

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Parkville, MD, United States of America

Daniel Fitzgerald