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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Brent Austin Kuehne, Red Lion, PA (US);
Gao Jian, Jiangsu, CN;
Wang Guoqing, Jiangsu, CN;
Zhang Yukun, Jiangsu, CN;
Chen Jianhua, Jiangsu, CN;
Zhu Wen, Jiangsu, CN;
Wu Yanmin, Jiangsu, CN;
Lu Xiaoli, Jiangsu, CN;
Colin Crosby, White Marsh, MD (US);
Lynn Weikel, Baltimore, MD (US);
Tong Zheng, Jiangsu, CN;
Xiaolie Niu, Suzhou, CN;
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool includes a tool housing and a motor assembly received in the tool housing. The motor assembly has a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a motor output shaft. A transmission housing is coupled to the motor housing with a transmission received in the transmission housing, to which the motor output shaft is drivingly coupled. A partition assembly includes a rear cover covering a rear end portion of the transmission housing that faces the front end portion of the motor and a seal. The rear cover of the transmission housing, the front end portion of the motor, and the seal together define at least a first labyrinth path and a second labyrinth path therebetween configured to inhibit grease or dust migration between the transmission housing and the motor assembly.