Patents Assigned to Black & Decker Inc.
  • Battery and motor system for replacing internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11621662
    Abstract: A battery-powered motor may include an electric motor, a controller, and a housing. The electric motor may be wound to enable the battery-powered motor to achieve a non-limited motor maximum motor revolutions per minute (RPM) for at least one specified battery. The controlling current may include limiting current to the electric motor at lower RPMs, and limiting the current to prevent the RPM of the electric motor from exceeding a limited maximum motor RPM which is lower than the non-limited motor maximum RPM. The housing may enclose the electric motor and the controller and the specified battery. The housing may have a form factor to engage with a machine that engages with an internal combustion engine that has a maximum engine RPM that is approximately the same as the limited maximum motor RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Ryan H. Peloquin, William A. Rigdon, Harry X. Zhong
  • Battery pack
    Patent number: 11611124
    Abstract: A battery pack having a battery housing that defines a cavity for receiving a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack cavity is sealed from the air outside the battery pack housing to prevent water and other contaminants from reaching the plurality of battery cells. The battery pack may include a sealing material to create a seal between an upper housing and a lower housing of the battery housing. The battery pack also include a sealing material to create a seal around a terminal block of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Stanton, Matthew J. Velderman, Daniel J. White, Kevin Alston
  • Cast-in place anchor with lockable jaw assembly
    Patent number: 11608630
    Abstract: An anchor assembly is disclosed for suspending objects to a concrete structure. The assembly includes an anchor housing having a jaw assembly therein and a opening for receiving an anchor member such as a threaded rod. The jaw assembly includes threaded rods having a threaded opening, a wood form anchor assembly and a metal decking anchor assembly. The wood form and the metal decking anchor assemblies may accommodate the anchor housing and the anchor housing is used in one of the wood form anchor assembly and the metal decking anchor assembly. The metal decking anchor assembly includes a nose-piece and the anchor housing is selectively connectable to the nose-piece via a locking connection such as a bayonet connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Christophersen, Mark J. Serokosz, Wander Rivera, Robert LaBarbera, Qiang Zhang
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 11607096
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
  • Fastening tool having a tool-free depth adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 11607786
    Abstract: A fastening tool having a depth adjustment mechanism mounted on a longitudinally movable door of a nosepiece assembly. The depth adjustment mechanism including a depth adjustment wheel having an internal threaded section extending along an axis and being rotatable about said axis; and an adjustment screw disposed within the depth adjustment wheel and engaging the door plate, the adjustment screw having an external threaded section that engages the internal threaded section of the depth adjustment wheel, so that a rotational movement of the depth adjustment wheel with respect to the adjustment screw effects a relative axial movement of the adjustment screw and the longitudinal movement of the door to increase and decrease the depth that a fastener is driven into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Peng, Yao-Te Yang
  • Battery-powered backpack blower
    Patent number: 11606917
    Abstract: The battery-powered backpack blower includes a back support assembly including a back plate configured to permit a user to mount the blower to the user's back, and a volute assembly including a first volute portion and a second volute portion. The backpack blower further includes a housing assembly including a battery assembly and a motor assembly therein, the housing assembly is provided intermediate to the back assembly and the volute assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Poole, Joshua M Sheffer, Wong Kun Ng, Keith D. Flaharty, Joseph B. Cooper, Philip Martinez, David Keith Wheeler, Christopher Wade Shook
  • Railroad track rail drill
    Patent number: 11602795
    Abstract: A rail drill drive train can include a common drive end between a single drive motor and a common gear. A speed train end can extend from the common gear to rotate the drill spindle. A feed train end can independently extend from the common gear to advance and retract the drill spindle. The speed train end can include a sprag gear so that, without unmeshing any gears, the drill spindle is not unnecessarily rotated in the reverse direction when the drive motor is reversed to retract the drill spindle. A rail drill control circuit and related sensors can enable automatic operation throughout the complete drilling cycle without any manual input from the user other than starting the cycle. Such a fully automatic drilling cycle can minimize overall cycle time to preserve battery life and can free the user to perform other tasks between drill moving and clamping operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Weatherill, Gabe West
  • Robotic device with energy storage device
    Patent number: 11602253
    Abstract: A robotic device comprising: an energy storage device; and a controller configured to determine whether a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage device is below a predetermined energy level, wherein: the robotic device is configured to perform a cleaning task if the determined quantity of energy is not below the predetermined energy level; if the determined quantity of energy is below the predetermined energy level: the controller is configured to estimate a likelihood of the robotic device being capable of locating a recharging base station; and in dependence on the estimated likelihood, the robotic device is configured to seek the recharging base station or perform the cleaning task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Graham Bone
  • Battery pack, power tool and battery pack charger system
    Patent number: 11601084
    Abstract: When providing alternating current (AC) power to operate AC powered devices such as power tools (such as drills, table saws, miter saws), equipment (such as lawn mowers), and consumer products (such as refrigerators, television, lights) without being tied to a fixed utility power supply typically requires a generator (such as an internal combustion engine based generator) or a battery powered inverter. In order to meet power and runtime needs for these devices, a battery powered inverter must be relatively large and expensive. This simple fact prohibits their use in many environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Matthew J. Velderman, Daniel J. White
  • Handheld grinder with brushless electric motor
    Patent number: 11597050
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a motor case and a handle portion. An electric motor having a drive shaft is mounted within the motor case. A circuit board is disposed in the handle portion to accommodate a motor drive circuit. The motor drive circuit includes a rectifier configured to receive an alternating current from an alternating current (AC) power source and convert it to a direct current supplied to a DC power bus, and a bridge circuit having motor switches connected between the rectifier and the electric motor. A bus capacitor is mounted on the circuit board and coupled across the DC power bus. An auxiliary capacitor having higher capacitance than the bus capacitor is switchably coupled across the DC power bus. The handle portion includes a support member protruding radially outwardly to accommodate the auxiliary capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Zollie W. Privett, Jr., Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Matthew J. Velderman, Colin C. Crosby, Pradeep Pant, Kyle J. Christophersen, Daniel F. Nace, James H. Stiles, III, Floyd E. Moreland, IV
  • Table saw
    Patent number: 11590592
    Abstract: A table saw has a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, the table assembly, and a saw assembly supported by at least one of the table assembly and the base assembly. The saw assembly has a saw blade extending through the table assembly. The base assembly has at least one foot having a substantially horizontal surface, a substantially vertical surface, and a curved surface disposed between the substantially horizontal surface and the substantially vertical surface. The substantially vertical surface is substantially coplanar with a surface of the table assembly so that the table saw can be disposed on the substantially vertical surface and the surface of the table assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Warren A. Ceroll, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Floyd E. Moreland, Ross A. Billings, Christian V. Elder, Jeremy D. Leasure
  • Recip blade
    Patent number: 11583945
    Abstract: A recip blade has a cutting edge defining a cutting direction and a repeating pattern of cutting teeth. Each repeating pattern includes (i) a leading tooth with respect to the cutting direction that includes a rake face defining a first rake angle that is negative, and (ii) a trailing tooth following the leading tooth with respect to the cutting direction that includes a rake face defining a second rake angle that is less negative than the first rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew C. Green, Stephen A. Hampton, William B. Korb
  • Brushless motor system for power tools
    Patent number: 11583991
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor includes a stator, a rotor, and motor terminals mounted on the stator. Each motor terminal includes a planar portion extending circumferentially from the end insulator, a wire-receiving member extending from a first end of the planar portion and folded over an outer surface of the planar portion away from the center axis of the stator at an angle of less than 90 degrees, and a tab portion extending from a second end of the planar portion parallel to the center axis of the stator. A circuit board is disposed adjacent the motor including power switches mounted thereon for energizing the stator windings. Slots are formed in the circuit board to align with and securely receive the tab portions of the motor terminals, thus electrically connecting the motor terminals to the power switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Marcell E. Coates, Madhur M. Purohit, Timothy J. Seeley, Joshua M. Lewis, David J. Smith, Bryce A. Wells
  • Blowervac safety grill
    Patent number: 11571101
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a blowervac device having a grill that requires to distinct steps in securing the grill over a fan to activate a safety switch allowing power to the motor. The grill has an outer ring and a rotatable inner cover. The first step is simply to secure the grill over the fan. The second step requires the cover to be rotated, which activates an actuator for the safety switch, allowing power to be delivered to the motor and operation of the device. This two-step process reduces the likelihood if inadvertent operation of the device and reduces the chances of injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Rosenthal, John Palermo, Justin Cooper, Joseph Beyer
  • Utility knife
    Patent number: 11571824
    Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle base and a neck connected to the handle base for pivotal movement relative to the handle base between a closed position and an open position. The knife also includes a utility blade holder slidingly carried by the neck for sliding movement relative to the neck between a retracted position and an extended position. A utility blade is carried by the blade holder such that movement of the utility blade holder between its extended and retracted positions moves the utility blade between an exposed position in which a cutting edge of the blade is exposed, and a protected position in which the cutting edge of the blade is protected by the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick S. Hansen, David A. Webb, Stephen Rowlay
  • Expansion anchor and method of making an expansion anchor
    Patent number: 11572912
    Abstract: A method of making an expansion anchor comprising the steps of: providing a metal rod having a thread along at least part of its outer surface; adapting the metal rod to obtain a required length of metal rod; welding an expansion section to an end of the obtained length of metal rod; and providing an expansion sleeve which in use interacts with the expansion section for increasing the expansion sleeve diameter. An expansion anchor comprising a threaded rod part, an expansion section welded to an end of the rod part and an expansion sleeve which in use interacts with the expansion section for increasing the diameter of the expansion sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Philipp Mahrenholz
  • Power tool receiving different capacity battery packs
    Patent number: 11569765
    Abstract: A system is provided with a set of removable battery packs and a set of power tools each including a motor, a controller, and a battery receiving portion. For each power tool, the controller is configured to identify a type of battery pack coupled to the battery receiving portion and limit a maximum amount of electric current drawn from the battery pack by the motor based on the identified type of the battery pack. The greater a ratio of an impedance of the motor to an impedance of the battery pack, the less the controller limits the maximum amount of electric current drawn from the battery pack such that for a given battery pack of the set of removable battery packs, the lower the impedance of the motor, the more current the motor draws from the given battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher W. Shook, John D. Cox, Barak N. Gohn, Jason K. Leh, Wing W. Lin, Jason D. McKillican, Marcell E. Coates
  • Battery pack for a cordless power tool
    Patent number: 11569541
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell holder, where the battery cell holder includes multiple frames with each of the frames defining a cavity and adjacent frames connected to each other. The battery pack includes at least one pouch battery cell disposed in the cavity of each of the frames, where pouch battery cells disposed in adjacent frames are electrically connected to each other. The multiple frames are arranged in a stacked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Osborne, Corey Redmond, Dustin Jeffries, Ralphy A. Louis, Michael Varipatis, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Daniel J. White
  • Handle
    Patent number: D978651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Payne
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D981668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Evan G. Eskridge, Samuel P. Thompson, Tylan A. Tschopp