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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
John B. Fogle, White Hall, MD (US);
Dustin Jeffries, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael R. Marjomaa, Mount Wolfe, PA (US);
Kevin L. Pulley, White Marsh, MD (US);
Vincent W. Zou, Lutherville-Timonium, MD (US);
Jarrett A. Dunston, Bel Air, MD (US);
David J. Smith, Columbia, MD (US);
Rene Thieme, Riesa, DE;
Tim Heimrich, Bad Camberg, DE;
Tobias Heep, Hadamar-Steinbach, DE;
Daniel Bernhart, Bad Camberg, DE;
Dieter Schmidtfrerick, Idstein, DE;
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool or a mower is provided including brushless direct-current motor having an inner stator and an outer rotor. A rotor shaft extends through a stator core of the inner stator. The motor includes a first end cap disposed on a first side of the stator and supporting the rotor shaft via a front bearing and a second end cap disposed on a second side of the stator and supporting the rotor shaft via a rear bearing. The front end cap is mounted on a housing of the power tool or a deck of the mower while the rear end cap is located fully outside the housing or the deck.