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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Inventors:
Antony Orsini, Southington, CT (US);
Bruce Eidinger, Southington, CT (US);
Assignee:
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/10 (2006.01); F03G 1/02 (2006.01); F16F 1/12 (2006.01); F16F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/1005 (2013.01); F03G 1/02 (2013.01); F16F 1/121 (2013.01); F16F 1/10 (2013.01); G01B 2003/103 (2013.01); G01B 2003/1028 (2013.01); G01B 2003/1043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape rule having a housing, a hub, a reel, a tape, a spring, and a motor. The hub and reel are rotatably mounted within the housing. The tape is wound around the reel. The spring is wound around the hub and is attached to at least one of the reel and the tape. The motor is disposed adjacent to the hub and is configured, when activated, to rotate the hub to adjust an amount by which the spring is wound around the hub.