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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abhisheka Moturu, Perry Hall, MD (US);
John T. Linko, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Frederick C. Malonzo, Towson, MD (US);
Michael J. Kowalski, Towson, MD (US);
Christopher W. Shook, Bel Air, MD (US);
Alastair G. Valentine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Eric L. Kunz, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Anjali Garg, Gambrills, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A control module for a high power motor includes a mounting frame made up of thermally-conductive material including a bottom wall and four side walls; a circuit board disposed within the side walls of the mounting frame; power switches configured as an inverter circuit oriented in two arrays mounted on opposite surfaces of the circuit board; an auxiliary circuit board extending substantially perpendicularly from the circuit board; capacitors mounted on the auxiliary circuit board with a long axis thereof extending parallel to the circuit board and away from the power switches; and connectors mounted between an edge of the circuit board and distal ends of the capacitors.