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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2020
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Girish Yajurvedi, Towson, MD (US);
Mehdi Ramezani, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Michael K. Forster, White Hall, MD (US);
John C. Vanko, Timonium, MD (US);
Tal Gottesman, Lutherville, MD (US);
Levent Gokdere, Houston, TX (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool is provided including a housing, a brushless motor disposed within the housing, a power switch circuit that supplies power from a power source to the brushless motor, and a controller configured to receive at least one signal associated with a phase current of the motor, detect an angular position of the rotor based on the phase current of the motor, and apply a drive signal to the power switch circuit to control a commutation of the motor based on the detected angular position of the rotor. If the supply of power to the motor is turned OFF to cause the motor to slow down and is turned back ON while the rotor speed exceeds a speed threshold, the controller electronically brakes the motor for a time interval to measure the phase current of the motor and detects the angular position of the rotor based on the measured phase current.