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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Floyd E. Moreland, IV, York, PA (US);
Earnest N. Copeland, Jr., Perry Hall, MD (US);
James H. Stiles, III, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daniel F. Nace, Towson, MD (US);
Kyle J. Christophersen, Lutherville-Timonium, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool is provided including a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, an on/off switch having a contact tip disposed within the housing for activating the motor, a paddle switch coupled to the housing via a pivot member and having a paddle trigger engageable by a user, a switch contact lever disposed in selectable engagement with the contact tip of the on/off switch to activate or deactivate the on/off switch, and a biasing member disposed between the switch contact lever and the paddle switch to absorb a travel distance of the paddle trigger with respect to the switch contact lever.