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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
J. Michael Weaver, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Barbara A. Rose, Jackson, TN (US);
Mark W. Wood, Jackson, TN (US);
Daniel U. Goodwin, Lexington, TN (US);
Hung T. Du, Reistertown, MD (US);
Alan G. Phillips, Jackson, TN (US);
C. Kerwin Braddock, Bel Air, MD (US);
James A. Patton, Humboldt, TN (US);
Michael A. Lagaly, Jackson, TN (US);
Patrick G. Barry, Jackson, TN (US);
Julie L. Jones, Jackson, TN (US);
Deborah L. Harr, Jackson, TN (US);
J. Michael Weaver, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Barbara A. Rose, Jackson, TN (US);
Mark W. Wood, Jackson, TN (US);
Daniel U. Goodwin, Lexington, TN (US);
Hung T. Du, Reistertown, MD (US);
Alan G. Phillips, Jackson, TN (US);
C. Kerwin Braddock, Bel Air, MD (US);
James A. Patton, Humboldt, TN (US);
Michael A. Lagaly, Jackson, TN (US);
Patrick G. Barry, Jackson, TN (US);
Julie L. Jones, Jackson, TN (US);
Deborah L. Harr, Jackson, TN (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic compressor capable of supplying compressed gas to a pneumatic tool. The compressor can be powered alternatively by either a battery or an AC power source. The compressor comprises a permanent magnet DC electric motor and circuitry for converting the AC power source to DC power. The compressor includes a receptacle for accommodating one or more of a plurality of batteries and includes circuitry for using batteries having different voltages. The AC power source may also be used to charge a battery connected to the compressor.