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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:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy P Michel, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
S-B Power Tool Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 47 ; 310 50 ; 320-2 ;
Abstract
A battery-powered tool (10) generally comprises a motor (24) having a positive terminal (64) and a negative terminal (66) extending therefrom for continuous engagement to a rotatable actuator (26). Actuator (26) has a plurality of conductive arms (28) extending therefrom for contact with a battery assembly (20) such that the actuator (26) can be selectively rotated to engage the motor (24) in both high speed and low speed operations.