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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, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Earl M. Ortt, Bel Air, MD (US);
Michael C. Doyle, Baldwin, MD (US);
Robert J. Marcinkowski, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/502 ;
Abstract
A motor end cap and output device housing is provided that includes a motor end plate having an output device attachment area and a output device housing having a motor end plate attachment area. The output device attachment area includes a locking tab that mates with a slot portion in the output device housing to interlock the two together. As a result, the motor end plate can be conveniently attached to the output device housing without requiring extra fasteners.