Black Decker Inc.

Lynn Weikel

Brent Austin Kuehne

Colin M Crosby

Tong Zheng

Lu Xiaoli

Zhang Yukun

Gao Jian

Chen Jianhua

Zhu Wen

Wang Guoqing

Wu Yanmin

Xiaolie Niu

A power tool includes a tool housing and a motor assembly received in the tool housing. The motor assembly has a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a motor output shaft. A transmission housing is coupled to the motor housing with a transmission received in the transmission housing, to which the motor output shaft is drivingly coupled. A partition assembly includes a rear cover covering a rear end portion of the transmission housing that faces the front end portion of the motor and a seal. The rear cover of the transmission housing, the front end portion of the motor, and the seal together define at least a first labyrinth path and a second labyrinth path therebetween configured to inhibit grease or dust migration between the transmission housing and the motor assembly.

Power tool with partition assembly between transmission and motor

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Lynn Weikel