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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Keith Boulanger, Kenosha, WI (US);
Timothy R. Obermann, Waukesha, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
Method and power tool for braking a motor of the power tool. One embodiment provides a method for braking a motor of a power tool. The method includes operating, using a motor controller of the power tool, the motor in accordance with a user input. The method also includes detecting, using the motor controller, a braking event of the power tool and connecting, using a braking switch, a motor braking coil to the motor to brake the motor in response to detecting the braking event of the power tool. The method further includes cooling, using a component of the motor, the motor braking coil.