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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:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Daniele C. Brotto, Baltimore, MD (US);
Nathan J. Cruise, Phoenix, MD (US);
Jeremy D. Ashinghurst, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jason K. Leh, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Richard Haggarty, Towson, MD (US);
Michael J. Stoller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Brice D. Farrell, Nottingham, MD (US);
Regina Gracia C. Cunanan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Raghavendra R. Byatnal, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Matthew J. Velderman, Sparks, MD (US);
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A theft deterring system includes a power tool with a motor connectable to a power source, a switch connected to the motor, a controller controlling to the switch for controlling an amount of power provided to the motor, and a state circuit having a memory for storing a state value. The controller activates the switch to provide power to the motor when the state value stored in the memory equals a desired value. The system may also include a tag programmer for changing the stored value.