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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D Meyer, Waukesha, WI (US);
Richard H Jungmann, Richfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ; B27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
173176 ; 173-2 ; 30381 ;
Abstract
A hand held power tool includes a motor coupled to an output element and an inertia switch operative to disable the output element upon movement of the tool at a rate greater than a determined rate. The inertia switch disables the output element by open circuiting the motor or uncoupling the output element from the motor.