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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Jeffrey Agnes, Bel Air, MD (US);
Garrett Patrick McCormick, Baltimore, MD (US);
Richard Thomas Walter, Baldwin, MD (US);
Christopher Ryan Yahnker, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H20K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H20K 1/100 ;
Abstract
An electronically commutated brushless motor including a motor housing, a bulge formed in a sidewall of the motor housing, and a capacitor assembly housed in the bulge. The capacitor assembly includes a capacitor printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of longitudinal edges and at least one capacitor mounted on the capacitor PCB. The bulge includes a plurality of channels located along an inside surface of a sidewall of the bulge, in which the longitudinal edges of the capacitor assembly are slideably inserted.