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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Trevor J. Koenig, Towson, MD (US);
Joseph P. Kelleher, Parkville, MD (US);
Rick J. Heavel, Hanover, PA (US);
Heather Schafer, Towson, MD (US);
Thomas Delmont, Clarksville, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool includes a housing; an electric motor; an electronic clutch; and a clutch setting assembly that includes a variable resistive element, a clutch selector, and a contact assembly. The contact assembly includes a spring coupled to the clutch selector and a contact member with a leg configured to be insertable into an opening in the clutch selector so that the spring and the contact member are non-removable from the clutch selector and the spring biases the contact member against the variable resistive element. The contact member has a head configured to engage the variable resistive element to generate a resistance signal that corresponds to a position of the clutch selector. The controller is configured to receive the resistance signal and, based on the resistance signal, look-up, receive, or generate the torque threshold value for the power tool operation parameter that corresponds to the selected clutch setting.
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