Patents by Inventor Timothy W. French, Jr.
Timothy W. French, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230253857Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler KNIGHT, David PROUDLOCK, Graham BONE, Jonathan PRIESTLEY, Andrew WALKER, Shaun LOVELASS
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Patent number: 11664703Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Timothy W. French, Jr., Tyler Knight, David Proudlock, Graham Bone, Jonathan Priestley, Andrew Walker, Shaun Lovelass
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Publication number: 20220360138Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler KNIGHT, David PROUDLOCK, Graham BONE, Jonathan PRIESTLEY, Andrew WALKER, Shaun LOVELASS
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Patent number: 11431224Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Timothy W. French, Jr., Tyler Knight, David Proudlock, Graham Bone, Jonathan Priestley, Andrew Walker, Shaun M. Lovelass
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Patent number: 10179387Abstract: A power tool including a housing with an electric motor in the housing. The motor has a stator and an armature, the stator having field coils and the armature having an armature shaft on which a commutator is affixed. A pair of brush boxes are located in the housing on opposite sides of the commutator. An orbit mechanism coupled to the armature shaft and a platen is coupled to the orbit mechanism. The field coils comprise a first field coil facing a front of the sander and a second field coil facing a rear of the sander and the brush boxes are rotationally offset from the field coils with respect to a vertical axis of the sander.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jason McRoberts, Terry L. Turner, Jennifer A. Resh, Timothy W. French, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180311807Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a power tool and multi-function battery pack system having a dual latch latching assembly for affixing the battery pack to the power tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Oleksiy P. SERGYEYENKO, Justin BARKLEY, Joseph B. COOPER, Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Steven J. PHILLIPS, Philip GILDE, Trevor KOENIG, Ralphy A. LOUIS, Daniel J. ALBRECHT, Brent A. KUEHNE
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Publication number: 20180241018Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells, a housing having a generally cylindrical shape having a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall and having a height, a radius and a circumference and a central axis A perpendicular to the radius, a round central pin connector at a center of the top wall about the central axis A providing an attachment that allows for orienting an accessory about the central axis A, and a threaded adapter at a center of the bottom wall about the central axis A for connecting a variety of non-powered support attachments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Sean BAILEY, Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler M. KNIGHT, Steven J. PHILLIPS, Oleksiy P. SERGYEYENKO
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Publication number: 20180233991Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler KNIGHT, David PROUDLOCK, Graham BONE, Jonathan PRIESTLEY, Andrew WALKER, Shaun M. LOVELASS
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Publication number: 20180192583Abstract: A string trimmer having a cutting head with a spool, where replacement cutting line can be wound onto the spool. The trimmer includes a powered winding button that rotates a motor in a reverse direction from its operation direction, and at a slower speed to wind the replacement cutting line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Oleksiy P. SERGYEYENKO, Sean BAILEY, Michael KOWALSKI, Wong Kun NG, Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Steven J. PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20180098493Abstract: A string trimmer having a cutting head with a spool, where replacement cutting line can be wound onto the spool. The trimmer includes a powered winding button that rotates a motor in a reverse direction from its operation direction, and at a slower speed to wind the replacement cutting line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Oleksiy P. SERGYEYENKO, Sean BAILEY, Michael KOWALSKI, Wong Kun NG, Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Steven J. PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20160324380Abstract: The present invention is directed to an axial or in-line type blowervac that switches between a blowing operational mode and a vacuum operational mode by moving a baffle within its housing to cover an air inlet or air exhaust depending on the operational mode selected. In the blow mode, a fan assembly is driven in a first direction to blow air out of an airpipe attached to a front portion of the housing. In a vacuum mode, the fan assembly is driven in a reverse direction, and air and debris are pulled in through the airpipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Oleksiy SERGYEYENKO, James C. TIRONE, Kelly E. DYER, Drake L. FISHER, Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., David A. MILLER, Sean BAILEY
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Patent number: 9425663Abstract: A distributed winding arrangement for an electric motor is provided that reduces brush arcing while reducing the size of the commutator. The electric motor is comprised generally of an armature having a plurality of spaced apart posts defining a plurality of spaced apart winding slots; a stator disposed coaxially with the armature; and a commutator having a plurality of commutator bars, where the number of commutator bars is an integer greater than the number of winding slots but less than twice the number of winding slots provided by the armature.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Wei Chen, Jin Fujun, Steven Swaddle, Timothy W. French, Jr.
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Patent number: 8435097Abstract: A reduced height quarter sheet sander has a housing having first and second halves mated together. An upper portion of the housing provides a handle. A pair of brush boxes is disposed in the housing on opposite sides of a commutator of an electric motor disposed in the housing. In an aspect, a switch disposed in the handle of the housing and a terminal block (at which a cordset that enters the housing terminates) disposed in the handle of the housing have generally the same horizontal elevation as the brush boxes (when the sander is lying upright). In an aspect, the stator is disposed in the housing so that the field coils extend across the housing from one half to the other half and outside the lower screw bosses.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jason McRoberts, Terry L. Turner, Jennifer A. Resh, Timothy W. French, Jr.
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Publication number: 20120302144Abstract: A reduced height quarter sheet sander has a housing having first and second halves mated together. An upper portion of the housing provides a handle. A pair of brush boxes is disposed in the housing on opposite sides of a commutator of an electric motor disposed in the housing. In an aspect, a switch disposed in the handle of the housing and a terminal block (at which a cordset that enters the housing terminates) disposed in the handle of the housing have generally the same horizontal elevation as the brush boxes (when the sander is lying upright). In an aspect, the stator is disposed in the housing so that the field coils extend across the housing from one half to the other half and outside the lower screw bosses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jason McRoberts, Terry L. Turner, Jennifer A. Resh, Timothy W. French, JR.
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Patent number: 8231437Abstract: A reduced height quarter sheet sander has a housing having first and second halves mated together. An upper portion of the housing provides a handle. An electric motor is disposed in the housing. The electric motor has a stator and an armature. The stator has field coils and the armature has an armature shaft on which a commutator is affixed. A pair of brush boxes is disposed in the housing on opposite sides of the commutator. The brush boxes lie in a horizontal elevation when the sander is upright. An orbit mechanism is coupled to the armature shaft and a platen is coupled to the orbit mechanism. In an aspect, a switch disposed in the handle of the housing and a terminal block (at which a cordset that enters the housing terminates) disposed in the handle of the housing have generally the same horizontal elevation as the brush boxes (when the sander is upright).Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jason McRoberts, Terry L. Turner, Jennifer A. Resh, Timothy W. French, Jr.
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Publication number: 20090221221Abstract: A reduced height quarter sheet sander has a housing having first and second halves mated together. An upper portion of the housing provides a handle. An electric motor is disposed in the housing. The electric motor has a stator and an armature. The stator has field coils and the armature has an armature shaft on which a commutator is affixed. A pair of brush boxes is disposed in the housing on opposite sides of the commutator. The brush boxes lie in a horizontal elevation when the sander is upright. An orbit mechanism is coupled to the armature shaft and a platen is coupled to the orbit mechanism. In an aspect, a switch disposed in the handle of the housing and a terminal block (at which a cordset that enters the housing terminates) disposed in the handle of the housing have generally the same horizontal elevation as the brush boxes (when the sander is upright).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Jason McRoberts, Terry L. Turner, Jennifer A. Resh, Timothy W. French, JR.
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Patent number: 6971567Abstract: A fastening tool that drives a fastener into a work-piece. The tool includes a motor that is connected to a transmission. The transmission includes a flywheel. The tool also includes a driver mechanism that is adapted to drive the fastener into the work-piece. The flywheel is connected to the driver mechanism when the flywheel is in a flywheel firing position. The tool includes a control module that detects a flywheel position and compares the flywheel position to the flywheel firing position. The control module also adjusts the flywheel position based on the comparison. The control module ensures that the transmission has enough rotations to ensure that enough momentum can be generated to drive the fastener into the work-piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Cannaliato, Timothy W. French, Jr., Christopher S. Pedicini, Terry L. Turner
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Patent number: RE48399Abstract: A distributed winding arrangement for an electric motor is provided that reduces brush arcing while reducing the size of the commutator. The electric motor is comprised generally of an armature having a plurality of spaced apart posts defining a plurality of spaced apart winding slots; a stator disposed coaxially with the armature; and a commutator having a plurality of commutator bars, where the number of commutator bars is an integer greater than the number of winding slots but less than twice the number of winding slots provided by the armature.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Wei Chen, Jin Fujun, Steven Swaddle, Timothy W. French, Jr.