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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
John C. Vanko, Timonium, MD (US);
Tal Gottesman, Timonium, MD (US);
Daniel Puzio, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael K. Forster, White Hall, MD (US);
John D. Cox, Lutherville, MD (US);
Joseph P. Kelleher, Parkville, MD (US);
Stuart Garber, Towson, MD (US);
Joerg Zellerhoff, Towson, MD (US);
Joao Norona, Timonium, MD (US);
Robert S. Gehret, Hampstead, MD (US);
Scott Eshleman, Parkville, MD (US);
Stephen P. Osborne, Pikesville, MD (US);
Brian E. Friedman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert A. Usselman, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Anatoliy Nosov, Parkville, MD (US);
Michael C. Doyle, Baldwin, MD (US);
BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A power tool includes a tool body including a motor having an output member that drives an accessory. A chuck is coupled for rotation with the output member relative to the tool body and configured to retain the accessory. The chuck has a chuck body that defines at least one light pipe formed therethrough. A light source disposed on a light ring coupled to the tool body and includes at least one light. Each at least one light source aligns with each of the at least one light pipe intermittently during rotation of the chuck.