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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Joseph W. Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ian C. Richards, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Evan M. Glanzer, Milwaukee, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A compactor includes a plate, a frame coupled to the plate, and an exciter assembly coupled to the plate and including an exciter shaft, an exciter pulley on the exciter shaft, and an eccentric weight on the exciter shaft. The compactor also includes a motor coupled to the frame and having an output shaft and a drive pulley on the output shaft, a belt wrapped around the exciter pulley and the drive pulley at a minimum tension value for transferring torque from the drive pulley to the exciter pulley, causing it to rotate, and a sensing circuit configured to detect if the tension in the belt is below the minimum tension value.