The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Zollie W. Privett, Jr., Baltimore, MD (US);
Craig A. Oktavec, Forest Hill, MD (US);
David J. Smith, Columbia, MD (US);
Matthew J. Velderman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Colin C. Crosby, Baltimore, MD (US);
Pradeep Pant, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Kyle J. Christophersen, Lutherville-Timonium, MD (US);
Daniel F. Nace, Towson, MD (US);
James H. Stiles, III, Baltimore, MD (US);
Floyd E. Moreland, IV, York, PA (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool is provided including a housing defining a cavity therein, where the housing includes a motor case and a handle portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing from the motor case; an electric motor having a drive shaft and mounted within the motor case; a partitioning wall extending radially and separating the motor case portion from the non-motor case portion of the housing; and a bearing pocket with an open end facing the motor case portion formed in the partitioning wall and a main body extending away from the electric motor for receiving a rotor bearing. The handle portion includes two elongate walls extending from the partitioning wall, a circuit board supported by the two elongate walls and including a motor drive circuit, and two covers secured to the two elongate walls to cover the circuit board.