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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2023
Applicant:

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);

Inventors:

Austin Gaspar, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Gerald M. Nagel, Sussex, WI (US);

Shuvam Gupta, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Alexander T. Huber, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/40 (2016.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H02P 7/29 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/40 (2016.02); B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H02P 7/29 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power tool that includes a brushless motor, a power switching circuit, a current sensor, and an electronic controller. The power switching circuit provides a supply of power to the brushless motor. The current sensor is configured to sense a current of the brushless motor. The electronic controller is configured to receive a first signal indicative of current of the brushless motor, generate a current command, set a conduction angle of the brushless motor based on the current command, supply a PWM signal having a duty cycle to the brushless motor to increase current of the brushless motor, determine whether duty cycle equals a first threshold, maintain the duty cycle at the first threshold, modify the conduction angle to increase the current of the brushless DC motor, determine whether current equals a second threshold, and control the second conduction angle to maintain current at the second threshold.


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