Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

Qiao Cai

Ryan Allen Dedrickson

Michael R Sande

Peter Malak

Guang Hu

Wei Chao Xu

Fan Bin Zeng

A tool includes a housing, a drive assembly including an output shaft extending from the housing such that a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable to the output shaft, and a bushing disposed within the housing. The bushing rotatably supports the output shaft. The bushing is impregnated with lubricant such that the bushing is self-lubricating, and the bushing has an impregnation ratio between about 5% and about 25%.

Lubricant-impregnated bushing for impact tool

A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a front casing coupled to the motor housing portion. The power tool also includes an electric motor positioned within the motor housing portion, a drive assembly having an output shaft to which a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable, and a powdered metal bushing disposed within the front casing that rotatably supports the output shaft.

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