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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Dustin Jefferies, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Perry Hall, MD (US);
John B. Fogle, White Hall, MD (US);
John D. Cox, Lutherville, MD (US);
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool is provided including a housing, a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor, and a gear assembly. The motor includes a stator having an inner stator, a rotor shaft extending along a center axis and including a first bearing and a second bearing; an outer rotor, a first end cap, and a second end cap. The first end cap includes a radial back plate having a center opening in the radial back plate through which the rotor shaft extends and pins projecting around the rotor shaft and parallel to the rotor shaft. The gear assembly is mounted on the first end cap and includes planetary gears supported by the pins in engagement with the rotor shaft.