Patents Assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
  • Patent number: 11840838
    Abstract: A gutter cleaner comprising: a fan assembly configured to generate airflow to blow debris from a gutter; a cage at least partially disposed around the fan assembly and configured to prevent ingress of clogging debris into the fan assembly; and at least one wheel configured to roll along the gutter and at least partially support the gutter cleaner, wherein the at least one wheel is non-powered, and wherein the gutter cleaner is self-aligning on the gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Christopher A. Holman, Ronald J. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11835935
    Abstract: A power tool element indicating system (100) comprises a detection device (102) in communication with a replaceable and/or adjustable element (104), such as a blade, a chain or other element, of a power tool (106), to determine that the replaceable and/or adjustable element of the power tool requires replacement or adjustment. The system comprises an indicator (108), such as a LED, or a display, or other indicator, in communication with the detection device to indicate to a user that the replaceable and/or adjustable element requires replacement or adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventor: Todd Rickey
  • Patent number: 11827415
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides a storage system including a storage box and a light assembly. The storage box includes a box base with a mounting structure configured to be coupled to a modular storage system. A lid is coupled to the box base. The light assembly includes a base, a leg, and a light source. The leg is coupled to the base or the lid and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The light source is pivotally coupled to the leg and is rotatable about a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Brianna E. Williams, Jeffrey Groves, Tyler H. Knight, Connor Irwin
  • Patent number: 11819989
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a cylinder and a piston positioned within the cylinder. The piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position. The piston has a non-circular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Tyler H. Knight, Austin Clark
  • Patent number: 11817073
    Abstract: A power tool including an air inlet and an inlet muffler disposed within the air inlet, the inlet muffler comprising a plurality of inlet ports, each of the plurality of inlet ports comprising a peripheral surface defining a port aperture therethrough, at least one of the plurality of inlet ports further comprising a damper material provided on the peripheral surface of the at least one inlet port and further defining the port aperture therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Ronald J. Hoffman, Scott W. Reed, Ashley B. Amick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11793109
    Abstract: A lawnmower comprising: a body; a cutting element coupled with the body; a motor configured to drive the cutting element; a sensor comprising an accelerometer configured to detect an angular displacement of the lawnmower with respect to a vertical axis and a wobble of the cutting element with respect to a horizontal plane; and a processor configured to: compare the detected angular displacement against a tilt threshold value; compare the detected wobble against a wobble threshold value; and control an operational speed of the cutting element when the angular displacement exceeds the tilt threshold value or when the wobble exceeds the wobble threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
    Inventors: Grzegorz Kondro, Shuai Shao, Robert T. Givens, Ayesha Iftiqhar, Jonathan R. Feldkamp
  • Patent number: 11778960
    Abstract: A blower including a body having a length, L, as measured between front and rear ends of the blower in a direction of airflow through the blower; and a fan including a plurality of blades configured to generate airflow through the blower, wherein the blades are spaced apart from the rear end of the blower by at least 0.4 L. In an embodiment, the fan is rotatably biased by a motor spaced apart from the rear end of the blower by at least 0.5 L. In another embodiment, at least 75% of the fan is disposed within an airflow outlet tube of the blower. In yet another embodiment, the blower further comprises a handle, and wherein the fan is disposed downstream of the handle, and wherein the fan is spaced apart from the handle by at least 0.08 L, as measured in the direction of airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Eduardo Olvera, V. Praveen Gambhir
  • Patent number: 11772224
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion coupled thereto, an arbor supported by the housing, a working element attachable to the arbor for movement therewith, a motor positioned within the motor housing portion and configured to drive the arbor, a first lighting element positioned proximate an end of the handle portion, and a second lighting element positioned on the motor housing portion. The first lighting element is configured to illuminate a workpiece behind the working element and the second lighting element is configured to illuminate the workpiece in front of the working element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
    Inventors: Ronald C. McCurry, Adam Gathers, Kyle B. Yeomans, Brian D. Mertel, M. Grayson Jacoway, Brandon L. Hicks, Jesse J. Jerabek, Nicholas S. Norton
  • Patent number: 11766792
    Abstract: A blade replacement apparatus of an electric instrument is provided. The blade replacement apparatus includes a nut, a nut loosening/tightening member, a locking member, and an operating member. One of the nut loosening/tightening member and the operating member has a first matching portion, the locking member having a second matching portion. The operating member is movable between an operating position and a non-operating position. When the operating member is in the non-operating position, the first matching portion engages with the second matching portion, and the rotation of the nut loosening/tightening member is obstructed by the locking member. When the operating member is in the operating position, the first matching portion is disengaged from the second matching portion, and the rotation of the nut loosening/tightening member tightens or loosens the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Gong Meng Shu, Da Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 11761593
    Abstract: A portable lighting apparatus includes a handle, a light head pivotally coupled to the handle through a plurality of positions via a joint, a battery receptacle supported by the handle, a first light source supported in the light head, a second light source supported in the light head, and a user interface supported by the handle and configured to be selectively actuated by a user to operate the first light source and the second light source. The battery receptacle is configured to receive a rechargeable battery. The first light source includes a laser selectively operable to emit a single light wavelength, and the second light source includes one or more LEDs selectively operable to emit a distribution of light wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Jacob Wagner, Jamie Canavan, Ryan Altenburger, Daniel Meling, Patrick Brown, Matt Mandel, Brianna E. Williams
  • Patent number: 11752658
    Abstract: A table saw including a table having a top surface, an opening in the table through which a saw blade extends, and a throat plate receivable within the opening. The throat plate includes a front end that sits flush with the top surface of the table, a back end that sits flush with the top surface of the table, a top surface that is co-planar with the top surface of the table, and a wear plate pocket that is recessed from the top surface of the throat plate. The wear plate pocket defines a bottom surface that is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the top surface of the throat plate and slopes downward in a direction from the back end toward the front end. The wear plate positioned within the wear plate pocket. The wear plate sitting parallel to the bottom surface of the wear plate pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventor: David E. Dutterer
  • Patent number: 11738365
    Abstract: A system including an adhesive dispensing device and a charger base. The adhesive dispensing device includes a first light emitting device, a handle, a power source, and a power supply interface. The charger base includes a second light emitting device, an interface formed for receiving the adhesive dispensing device, an external power output interface, and a power supply circuit. The external power output interface is configured to electrically couple to the power supply interface of the adhesive dispensing device. The first light emitting device is configured to illuminate in response to power being provided to the power supply interface from the power supply circuit. The second light emitting device is configured to illuminate in response to power being provided to the power supply circuit from the external power output interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Isiah Daniel Smith, Julia H. Moylan, Carl N. Chandler, Neil Wright, Brandon Causey, Gabriel James Sandoval, Margarete Ostermayer, Gian S. E. Thomas, Daniel Hernandez, Nicholas B. Schmidt, Halle Elliott
  • Patent number: 11728538
    Abstract: A power tool battery pack receptacle includes a cavity in which a portion of a battery pack is receivable, an insertion end, a closed end opposite the insertion end along an insertion axis of the battery pack, and a rail extending between the insertion end and the closed end. The rail includes a first portion having a variable height and a second portion having a substantially constant height. The first portion is positioned adjacent the insertion end and the second portion is spaced from the insertion end. The rail is configured to be received within a groove of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Krishna Sai Teja Kalavala, Elton L. Watson
  • Patent number: 11691259
    Abstract: A rotary tool assembly including a rotary tool having a body with a working end and a rear end, a motor disposed within the body, and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the motor. A base includes a battery receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. A power cord extends between the base and the rotary tool to transfer electric power from the base to the rotary tool to selectively power the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: James W. Jenkins, Jesse J. Jerabek, David Bayless, I. Daniel Smith, Brent N. Gregorich, Ashley Poteet, Yun Biao Bai, De Xiang Jin, Yan Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11685036
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing and an electric motor supported within the housing. The housing includes a main housing portion that defines a rear opening. The electric motor includes an output shaft supporting a rotor assembly for rotation about a motor axis. The electric motor also includes a stator assembly surrounding the rotor assembly, and a rear end cap. The rear end cap supports a rear motor bearing that rotatably supports the output shaft at a rear end. A portion of the rear end cap resides within the rear opening to close the rear opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventor: Glenn L. Benzing
  • Patent number: 11673287
    Abstract: A chainsaw including a body including a bar stud extending therefrom; a guide bar including a bar stud slot that receives the bar stud, wherein the bar stud slot has a length, and wherein the guide bar is configured to receive a chain; a yoke having a groove defining a length extending in a direction angularly offset from the length of the bar stud slot of the guide bar, wherein the yoke is coupled to the guide bar; a ratchet gear including a one-way motion feature and a post extending into the groove of the yoke, wherein rotating the ratchet gear in a first direction moves the guide bar to tighten the chain, and wherein rotating the ratchet gear in a second direction moves the guide bar to loosen the chain; and a pawl selectively engaged with the one-way motion feature of the ratchet gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Calvin Jone, Martin Lai, Chris Song, Andrew Ramsager, John Huang, Anderson Duong
  • Patent number: D994441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Samuel Nelson, Rony Chan, Ryan A. Hirtz
  • Patent number: D998435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Todd Snyder, Grant Wood, Gabriel J. Sandoval, Neil Wright, Ho Quynh Chau Duong, Brianna Williams
  • Patent number: D999611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Clinton C. Thackery, Douglas K. Ritterling, Ronald C. McCurry, Brian D. Mertel, M. Grayson Jacoway
  • Patent number: D1004236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Neil Wright, Robert Patterson, Jesse J. Jerabek, I. Daniel Smith, Mason Matlock, Gabriel J. Sandoval, Jason Lambert, Ryan Altenburger, Justin Meyer