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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. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Wadge, Spennymoor, GB;
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/502 ;
Abstract
A power tool (,) includes a motor (,) mounted there within. The motor has an output (,) for engagement with an input of an attachment member (,) presented thereto. The coupling between the motor output (,) and the attachment member (,) is by a snap-fit coupling achieved by way of resiliently biased arms (,) within the tool engaging with an annular recess (,) formed on the attachment member (,).