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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:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Todd a Hagan, Windsor, PA (US);
Christine Potter, Phoenix, MD (US);
Rodney Milbourne, Abington, MD (US);
Inventors:
Todd A Hagan, Windsor, PA (US);
Christine Potter, Phoenix, MD (US);
Rodney Milbourne, Abington, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power tool with a housing, a motor, an output spindle and a transmission assembly with a transmission and a speed selector. The transmission includes a plurality of planetary transmission stages that couple the motor to the output spindle. The speed selector includes only one switch member that is slidably movable between three positions to cause the transmission to operate in a corresponding number of speed ratios.