Black Decker Inc.

Jeffrey D Delcamp

Daniel Puzio

Robert S Gehret

Michael Kenneth Forster

Stephen P Osborne

Daniel L Krout

Robert G Kusmierski

Eva J Dixon

Corey G Robertson

Amanda Miller

Stuart E Garber

Brian E Friedman

Eric E Hatfield

Joao Norona

Joerg Zellerhoff

Paul S White

Jason K Leh

Aris C Cleanthous

Brian C Sterling

Joerg Zellerhof

A power tool includes a housing coupled to an electrical power source, a motor contained in the housing, and a motor control circuit that controls output speed of the motor. A light unit is coupled to the housing to illuminate a work surface. A light unit control circuit controls illumination of the light unit. A switch unit is coupled to the housing and selectively operable to control the operation of the motor control circuit and the light unit control circuit. The light unit control circuit includes a timer configured to cause the light unit to illuminate a first brightness level when the switch unit is actuated, and to remain illuminated at the first brightness level for a predetermined time period after the trigger is actuated. The predetermined time period restarts if the switch unit is not deactivated before the end of the predetermined time period.

Power tool with light unit

A power tool having a light for illuminating an area proximate a movable end effector. The light may be mounted in such a way as to transmit light through a rotatable collar on the power tool, through or through a member of a housing of the power tool, or from the moving end effector. The light may be powered by a power source that is used for moving the end effector or from a generator that generates electrical power when the power tool is used.

Power tool with light for illuminating workpiece

A power tool including a end effector rotatable with respect to the housing, a collar rotatable with respect to the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) rotatably fixed with respect to the housing, and a light element operatively connected to the PCB and adjacent to the end effector and in a recess of the collar and located to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool. A method of providing light for a workpiece being machined by a power tool including locating lighting elements around a spindle of a power tool, aligning the lighting elements to shine light on a workpiece being machined by the power tool, operatively connecting the lighting elements to a PCB, containing and supporting the PCB with a guide, supporting wires configured to provide power to the PCB with the guide, locating the lighting elements, PCB and guide in a rotatable collar, and preventing the lighting elements, PCB and guide from rotating when the collar rotates.

Light for a power tool and method of illuminating a workpiece

Power tool with light for illuminating a workpiece

Power tool with a light for illuminating a workpiece

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Jeffrey D Delcamp