Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

Gareth J Mueckl

Jeremy R Ebner

Matthew Post

Tauhira Hoossainy

John S Scott

Dalton F Hansen

James Wekwert

Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot

Kellen Carey

Matthew N Thurin

David J Proeber

Jason D Thurner

Ross McIntyre

Brian Cornell

Michael A Verhagen

Anthony R Sleck

Scott Terrell Moeller

Randolph McHugh

Jonathan L Lambert

Timothy Ryan Obermann

Eric S Mackey

Wade F Burch

Christopher J Turner

Samuel J Krohlow

David Rose

Isabel M Lloyd

Troy Charles Thorson

Christopher S Hoppe

Jay J Rosenbecker

Justin D Dorman

Jason R Crowe

Jonathan E Abbott

Amanda M Kachar

Benjamin T Jones

Matthew R Polakowski

Michael John Caelwaerts

Samuel A Gould

Michael A Matthews

Dean W Nowalis

Benjamin C Tesch

Zachary G Stanke

Douglas G Schwartz

Patrick S Lueck

Matthew J Mergener

Kyle Michael Harvey

Ryan B Jipp

Terry L Timmons

Timothy J Bartlett

Douglas R Fieldbinder

Evans H Nguyen

Timothy Janda

Paul Fry

Scott Earl McKinster

Matthew Leidel

Patrick Dennis Gallagher

Evan M Glanzer

Adam N Carter

Jarrod Kotes

Logan M Hietpas

John E Koller

Connor P Sprague

William F Chapman, Iii

Timothy J Campbell

Leo Mikat-Stevens

Gary Lee McMurray

Karly M Schober

Ryan A Spiering

Brandon L Yahr

Benjamin A Smith

Joshua D Widder

James V Curtin

Julia L Savich

Zachary P Haas

Kenneth W Wolf

Mallory L Marksteiner

Taylor Wayne Crenshaw

Logan Blair

Jake McDermott

Jonathon R Nord

Jared Shurtleff

Joshua Kundinger

John Von Helms, Jr

Nicholas Dobernig

Jacob Paul Schneider

Alexander Huber

Maxwell L Merget

Carl B Westerby

Andrew M Plowman

Terry L Timmons, Jr

John W Thiele

Alex R Kuhls

Alex H Boll

Caroline G Fox

Dennis Y Wong

Justin A Evankovich

Caroline Fox

Richard A Zainer

Griffin M Steffy

Richard Edward Gray

Ross Mcintyre

Electronic spindle lock for a power tool. One embodiment provides a power tool including a housing, a bit receiving portion provided on the housing for receiving a power tool bit, a motor within the housing configured to rotate the bit receiving portion, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller is configured to enter an electronic spindle lock mode, and detect rotation of the bit receiving portion in a first direction. The controller is also configured to control motor to rotate in a second direction in response to detecting rotation of the bit receiving portion in the first direction.

Electronic spindle lock for a power tool

A powered fastener driver includes a driver unit, a handle unit, and a handle extension. The handle unit is selectively and removably attachable to the driver unit. The handle extension has a first end and a second end, the handle extension being selectively and removably attachable to the driver unit at the first end, and being selectively and removably attachable to the handle unit at the second end. The powered fastener driver is adjustable between a first configuration in which the handle unit is directly attached to the driver unit, and a second configuration in which the driver unit is attached to the handle extension at the first end, and the handle unit is attached to the handle extension at the second end.

Powered fastener driver and extension

A site light including a body, a handle assembly coupled to the body and including one or more handle portions, an arm having a first end fixedly coupled to the body and a second end opposite the first end to define an arm length therebetween, where the second end of the arm is movable relative to the body to adjust the arm length. The site light also includes a light assembly coupled to and movable together with the second end of the arm relative to the body where the arm defines an arm axis, and where the handle assembly surrounds the arm axis.

Site light

A portable power source. The portable power source includes a housing, a first battery pack support configured to receive a first removable and rechargeable battery pack, a second battery pack support configured to receive a second removable and rechargeable battery pack, an inverter within the housing, and an alternating current power outlet. The inverter is configured to receive output power from the first removable and rechargeable battery pack and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack. The inverter is configured to produce an alternating current power output. The alternating current power outlet is configured to receive the alternating current power output from the inverter. The inverter is configured to be disabled when the first removable and rechargeable battery pack is received in the first battery pack support and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack is not received in the second battery pack support.

Portable power source

A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.

Wireless hoist system

Methods and systems are provided for a power tool in control of a vacuum. In response to activation input, the power tool controls a motor for driving power tool operation and wirelessly transmits a control signal to a vacuum. In response to receiving the control signal, the vacuum controls a motor for driving operation of the vacuum. The power tool, the vacuum, or both include a wireless communication pairing butting for paring the power tool and the vacuum. The power tool and/or the vacuum may be cordless and powered by a battery pack.

Adapters for communication between power tools

A battery connector, an electrical combination and methods. The electrical combination may include a battery connector including a housing with a support portion for a battery pack, and a circuit supported by the housing, the circuit including a universal serial bus (USB) input terminal connectable to a USB cable for receiving power, a charging terminal connectable to a pack terminal of the battery pack, and a battery charging portion operable to receive power from the USB input terminal and to output a charging current to the charging terminal to charge the battery pack.

Battery charger including a light emitting diode (LED) assembly

A zero-gravity hoist system including a chain fall, a motor coupled to the chain fall and configured to drive the chain fall in one or more directions, a power supply configured to provide power to the motor, and a controller having one or more electronic processors. The one or more electronic processors are configured to measure a first force of a load in response to receiving an input, store the measured first force in a memory of the controller, measure a second force of the load, determine a difference between the second measured force and the first measured force, and adjust a height of the load based on determining that the second force differs from the first force by a predetermined threshold.

Zero-gravity hoist control

A power tool including a housing, a brushless direct current (DC) motor, an impact mechanism including a hammer and an anvil, an output drive device, a position sensor, and a controller. The position sensor is adjacent to a relief feature, which may be a recessed relief feature or a raised relief feature, and is configured to generate an output signal indicative of a position of the anvil. The controller is configured to calculate a drive angle based on the determined position of the anvil, and control the brushless DC motor based on the drive angle of the anvil.

Systems and methods for detecting anvil position using a relief feature

The systems described in this disclosure can be used in construction settings to facilitate the tasks being performed. The location of projectors and augmented reality headsets can be calculated and used to determine what images to display to a worker, based on a map of work to be performed, such as a construction plan. Workers can use spatially-aware tools to make different locations be plumb, level, or equidistant with other locations. Power to tools can be disabled if they are near protected objects.

Spatially-aware tool system

A device, such as a power tool, configured to receive a battery pack that is operable to determine a type of battery pack that is attached to the device. When the battery pack is connected to the device, the device is configured to determine an impedance of the battery pack. Based on the determined impedance of the battery pack, the device is capable of detecting the particular type of battery pack that has been attached. In some embodiments, the device is configured to be controlled based on the type of battery pack that has been detected by the device.

Detecting battery pack type based on battery pack impedance

Various laser level systems that provide for automatic alignment between a laser level and a detector are shown. In one example, a laser level system processes a detected laser to determine an orientation of a detector with respect to the laser level. In another example, a laser level system processes a detected laser to determine a distance between the laser and the detector.

Laser level system with automatic detector alignment

A vehicle battery jump starter that is powered by a removable and rechargeable battery pack, such as a battery pack used with various hand-held power tools. The battery pack removably connects to a vehicle battery jump starter and can be selectively used to charge a power boost module within the vehicle battery jump starter. The power boost module includes, for example, a plurality of supercapacitors or lithium polymer battery cells. The power boost module in combination with the battery packcan be used to jump start a vehicle battery.

Vehicle battery jump starter powered by a removable and rechargeable battery pack

A working element operable to expand an end of a tube includes a main body configured to rotate about an axis, a plurality of roller supports movably coupled to the main body, the roller supports movable relative to the main body between a retracted position and an expanded position, and a plurality of rollers coupled to the roller supports such that a distance between a first roller of the plurality of rollers and a second roller of the plurality of rollers increases when the roller supports move toward the expanded position. The rollers are configured to be inserted into the end of the tube when the roller supports are in the retracted position, and the rollers are engageable with an inner circumference of the tube when the main body rotates about the axis to expand the end of the tube.

Tubing expansion tools and systems and methods for leak detection

A testing device including a main housing, and a probe housing, wherein the probe housing is rotatably coupled to the main housing. The testing device further includes a first test probe and a second test probe. The first test probe may be configured to be inserted into an alternating-current receptacle. The second test probe is coupled to the probe housing. The second test probe may be configured to be inserted into a universal serial bus receptacle.

Testing device

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Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Gareth J Mueckl