Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

Rosalie C Phillips

Jacob N Zimmerman

Mitchell T Neuhoff

Jason M Julius

Marcus Wechselberger

Beth E Cholst

David A Bierdeman

Nathan Bandy

Leonard F Mikat-Stevens

Travis W Leathrum

David C Graf

Mark C Hughes

Troy Charles Thorson

Jacob Paul Schneider

Mackenzie J Nick

Alex D Servais

Ivan N Zozulya

A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade and a drive unit having an output shaft for providing torque to move the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A rotary lifter is engageable with the driver blade and configured to receive torque from the output shaft of the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A kickout arrangement is defined between the lifter and the output shaft and configured to permit limited movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position. The kickout arrangement having a curvilinear slot defined in the rotary lifter in which a portion of the output shaft is received. Movement of the rotary lifter from the first position toward the second position causes the slot to move relative to the output shaft, while the output shaft remains within the slot.

Lifter mechanism for a powered fastener driver

A powered fastener driver includes a housing defining cylinder support portion, a drive unit support portion, and a handle portion that is spaced apart from the drive unit support portion. The handle portion defines a handle axis. A piston is movable within a cylinder from a TDC position to a driven or BDC position. A driver blade is attached to the piston for movement therewith along a driving axis from the TDC position toward the BDC position for driving a fastener into a workpiece. A lifter is operable to move the piston and driver blade, in unison, from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A drive unit is supported by the drive unit support portion and operably coupled to the lifter. The drive unit includes a motor having first output shaft that extends along a motor axis. The motor is positioned below the handle. The handle axis and the motor axis intersect the driving axis.

Powered fastener driver

A powered fastener driver including a housing defining a cylinder support portion, a drive unit support portion, and a handle portion that is spaced apart from the drive unit support portion. The powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a piston movable within the cylinder from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, a driver blade attached to the piston for movement therewith along a driving axis from the TDC position toward the BDC position, a lifter operable to move the piston and driver blade, in unison, from the BDC position toward the TDC position, and a drive unit supported by the drive unit support portion and operably coupled to the lifter. The powered fastener driver further includes a user interface supported by the housing, and a printed circuit board positioned within the housing and positioned between the drive unit support portion and the handle portion.

A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A kickout arrangement is at least partially defined by an outer surface on one of a torque output member and a torque input member and an aperture formed in the other of the torque output member and the torque input member in which the outer surface is received. The kickout arrangement configured to permit limited rotation of the torque output member relative to the torque input member between a first position and a second position.

A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center position to a bottom-dead-center position for driving a fastener into a workpiece, a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade toward the top-dead-center position, and a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade. The lifter having a body and a drive pin coupled to the body. A roller is positioned on the drive pin and engages with a tooth of the driver blade when moving the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. The roller includes a first engagement section that receives an end portion of the tooth and a second engagement section. An engagement member engages the second engagement section for aligning the first engagement section of the roller with the end portion of the tooth to facilitate meshing between the end portion of the tooth and the roller.

A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center position to a bottom-dead-center position for driving a fastener into a workpiece, a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade toward the top-dead-center position, and a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade. The rotary lifter having a body and a drive pin coupled to the body. A roller is rotatably coupled to the drive pin and includes a non-cylindrical outer peripheral surface defining a plurality of engagement sections. A tooth of the driver blade is configured to engage one of the engagement sections when moving the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position.

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Rosalie C Phillips