Patents Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
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Patent number: 11978916Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a housing having a plurality of sides and defining an internal cavity, a plurality of battery cells received in the internal cavity, and battery electronics received in the internal cavity. A battery pack interface is supported by the housing and connectable to a device. An injection port is supported by the housing. The injection port includes one or more channels positioned on one or more of the sides of the housing. Each channel connects the internal cavity to an exterior of the battery pack. The injection port is configured to direct a fluid comprising adhesive material from the exterior of the battery pack into the internal cavity. The fluid is configured to cover at least one of a portion of the battery cells and a portion of the battery electronics.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Kyle C. Fassbender, Yu Zhang, Shang Hong Wang
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Patent number: 11975436Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor supported by the housing, and an output spindle rotatably supported relative to the housing about an axis. The motor is operable to drive the output spindle about the axis. The power tool includes a spindle lock assembly between the motor and the output spindle. The spindle lock assembly is adjustable between an unlocked state in which the output spindle is rotatable relative to the housing about the axis and a locked state in which the output spindle is rotationally fixed relative to the housing. The spindle lock assembly includes a first resilient member, positioned between the housing and the output spindle. The first resilient member is configured to at least partially absorb a torque impulse from the output spindle when rotating in a first direction and when the spindle lock assembly transitions from the unlocked state to the locked state.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan E. Abbott, Ian A. Duncan, Brian J. Yue, Isabella A. Spek
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Patent number: 11976983Abstract: Temperature sensing circuits for devices described herein include a substrate material, a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a third conductive portion associated with the substrate material, and a plurality of thermistors associated with the substrate material for sensing a temperature associated with the device. The plurality of thermistors include a first thermistor and a second thermistor. The first thermistor is connected to the first conductive portion. The first thermistor and the second thermistor are both connected to the second conductive portion. The second thermistor is connected to the third conductive portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew R. Polakowski, Kyle C. Fassbender
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Patent number: 11975432Abstract: A fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, and a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. A lifter is operable to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A transmission is provided for providing torque to the lifter. The lifter includes a hub and a plurality of lugs extending therefrom. Each lug is engageable with the driver blade when moving the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The hub and the lugs are integrally formed as a single piece. The lifter includes a first side and an opposite second side. Each of the first side and the second side is flat.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Bryan C. Ward, Jacob N. Zimmerman, Andrew J. Weber, Marcus Wechselberger
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Patent number: 11975435Abstract: A tool includes a housing, a drive assembly including an output shaft extending from the housing such that a tool element for performing work on a workpiece is attachable to the output shaft, and a bushing disposed within the housing. The bushing rotatably supports the output shaft. The bushing is impregnated with lubricant such that the bushing is self-lubricating, and the bushing has an impregnation ratio between about 5% and about 25%.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Malak, Michael R. Sande, Ryan Allen Dedrickson, Guang Hu, Fan Bin Zeng, Wei Chao Xu, Qiao Cai
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Patent number: 11973237Abstract: A battery pack is configured to be coupled to a power tool. The battery pack includes a housing having a cavity. The battery pack includes a battery cell carrier having first and second carriages. The first and second carriages support a plurality of battery cells therebetween. The battery cell carrier is configurable in different configurations based on a size of the plurality of battery cells supported between the first and second carriages. The battery pack includes a plurality of mounting features between the housing and the battery cell carrier. The plurality of mounting features is configured to alternatively secure the different configurations of the battery cell carrier to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Matthew J. Peña, Cameron R. Schulz
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Patent number: 11969811Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spindle for a reciprocating saw includes machining a first portion of the spindle and forming a throughbore extending through the first portion via a flow welding process. The flow welding process includes rotating a rod relative to the spindle and inserting the rod into the first portion of the spindle, thereby displacing material from the spindle in a direction away from the rod to form the throughbore and a collar adjacent the throughbore.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Leo Mikat-Stevens, Kyle W. Schultz
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Patent number: 11970850Abstract: A sewer cleaning machine includes a frame, a drum rotatably supported by the frame, and a motor supported by the frame and coupled to the drum. The drum includes a cable that is selectively extendable out of the drum. The motor is operable to rotate the drum. The drum is configured to engage a surface to facilitate moving the sewer cleaning machine along the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: John S. Scott, Scott T. Moeller, Christopher S. Jones, William D. Stoneback, Warren G. Corrado
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Patent number: 11971255Abstract: A laser level alignment tool is shown. The laser level alignment tool includes magnetic mounts located along a perimeter of body. A laser level is coupled to the body off center from a center point of the laser level alignment tool. The magnetic mounts may be height adjustable relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: Benjamin T. Jones
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Patent number: 11964510Abstract: A writing implement is configured to dispense material onto a work surface. The writing implement includes a body having a first end, a second end, and an inner surface. The writing implement also includes a nib coupled to the first end. The nib is configured to allow the material to be dispensed onto the work piece. The writing implement further includes a pressure regulating assembly coupled to the body. The pressure regulating assembly and the inner surface define a cavity configured to hold the material. The pressure regulating assembly is moveable relative to the body in response to a pressure change within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: James G. Ballard
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Patent number: 11967817Abstract: A resettable electronic fuse for a high-power device such as a power tool, a battery pack for the power tool, or a battery pack charger. The resettable electronic fuse is connected in a current path of the device and is operable or configured to selectively interrupt current through the resettable electronic fuse based on a detected condition of the device (e.g., a detected fault condition of the device). The resettable electronic fuse is also configured to be reset after a detected fault condition has ended. In some embodiments, the resettable electronic fuse is configured to reset itself. In other embodiments, the resettable electronic fuse is configured to receive a signal (e.g., from a device controller) to reset.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Jeffrey M. Brozek, Benjamin Tesch, Chien-Chih Chao
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Patent number: 11964368Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing that includes a motor housing portion, a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion, and a D-shaped handle portion extending from the motor housing portion in a direction opposite the front housing portion. The impact tool includes an electric motor supported in the motor housing portion, a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl
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Patent number: 11964378Abstract: A job box includes a base defining a storage area, a lid coupled to the base and moveable between an open position, in which the storage area is accessible, and a closed position, in which the storage area in not accessible, and a charging station supported by the base. The station includes a first charging port configured to charge a battery pack of a first type, a second charging port configured to charge a battery pack of a second type, a light, and a first power outlet. The charging station is moveable relative to the job box to a plurality of different positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Sara Burch, David Proeber, Benjamin D. Gall, David A. Selby, Jeremy R. Ebner, Ryan B. Jipp, Mark W. Cors, Samuel Sheeks, Jonathan Lowry, Scott T. Moeller, Whitney Montondo
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Patent number: 11957245Abstract: Various embodiments of the coupling platforms described herein are usable to couple storage units, such as modular storage units, to structures, such as to the undersides of benches or tables. One or more of the coupling platforms described herein facilitate the user supporting a newly-disengaged support unit. For example, one or more of the coupling platforms permit the user to place their hands on both sides of the storage unit to complete a disengagement between the coupling platform and the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: George Barton, Aaron S. Blumenthal, Honesto D. Camposagrado, Matthew A. Lownik
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Patent number: 11958177Abstract: A hydraulic pump includes a work port, a high-flow piston, multiple high-pressure pistons, and an unloading valve. The work port couples to a fluid supply line of a hydraulic tool. The high-flow piston supplies fluid along a first flow path to the work port. The high-pressure pistons supply fluid along a second flow path to the work port. The unloading valve is fluidly coupled to the first flow path and the second flow path, and actuatable between an open state and a closed state. The unloading valve is configured to (i) permit fluid to flow from the high-flow piston to the work port in the open state, (ii) inhibit fluid from flowing from the high-flow piston to the work port in the closed state, and (iii) actuate from the open state to the closed state when a pressure of the fluid in the second flow path exceeds a threshold pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: James G. Ballard, Timothy Radtke, Daniel Garces, Ian C. Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11963079Abstract: An example power tool includes a battery pack receiving portion including a battery pack compartment including a battery pack support structure configured to receive and support a battery pack including battery terminals. The power tool further includes a terminal block located in the battery pack receiving portion and including tool terminals. At least two terminals of the tool terminals are configured to electrically and physically couple to the battery terminals. The power tool further includes an insertable device compartment located in the battery pack receiving portion and configured to receive an insertable wireless communication device including a first electronic processor, a transceiver, and device terminals. At least one device terminal is configured to electrically and physically couple to at least one shared terminal of the at least two terminals of the tool terminals. The insertable wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Richard P. Brault, Anthony Davis, Steven M. Smith, Ben Gordon, Amith J. Baskaran
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Patent number: D1022636Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Nathan Bandy, John Jubeck, Andrew J. Weber, Marcus Wechselberger, Jacob N. Zimmerman, Katherine G. Stringfield, Adam N. Carter
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Patent number: D1025153Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Steven W. Hyma, Jacob A. Krabbe, Smith C. Theiler
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Patent number: D1025498Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Trent T. Bauters, Scott M. Hangartner, Emelie E. Troedson
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Patent number: D1025766Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: Coby A. Nettleton