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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Cavedo, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
Ryobi Motor Products Corp., Pickens, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
173104 ; 81 52 ;
Abstract
A handheld portable electric drill having an improved self-aligning bearing block which has a semicircular configuration and is contained within a cavity in one half of a two part clamshell type housing for the drill. The bearing block has a cut out surface which conforms to the output spindle bushing, and a bearing hole for the intermediate gear shaft. For assembly, the bearing block is pressed into the cavity and when the other half of the housing is attached, rib surfaces thereon rotate the bearing block into appropriate positional alignment.