Patents Assigned to Black & Decker Inc.
  • 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
  • Battery pack and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11563239
    Abstract: A battery pack comprises a set of battery cells, a battery cell holder holding the battery cells, at least one battery strap having a first end connected to a terminal of one of the battery cells and a second end extending from the battery cell holder, a printed circuit board having a first side and a second side, components mounted on the second side of the printed circuit board, a trace on the second side of the printed circuit board extending from one components to a contact connected to the trace and mated with the second end of the at least one battery strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Moriah Counts, Vy Ho, Alexander R. Barton, Nathan J. Cruise
  • System and method for deterring theft
    Patent number: 11557187
    Abstract: A theft deterring system includes a power tool with a motor connectable to a power source, a switch connected to the motor, a controller controlling to the switch for controlling an amount of power provided to the motor, and a state circuit having a memory for storing a state value. The controller activates the switch to provide power to the motor when the state value stored in the memory equals a desired value. The system may also include a tag programmer for changing the stored value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Daniele C. Brotto, Nathan J. Cruise, Jeremy D. Ashinghurst, Jason K. Leh, Richard Haggarty, Michael J. Stoller, Brice D. Farrell, Regina Gracia C. Cunanan, Raghavendra R. Byatnal, Matthew J. Velderman
  • Hole cutter with chip egress aperture
    Patent number: 11554425
    Abstract: A hole cutter has a substantially cylindrical blade body defining a blade body circumference, a cutting edge formed on one end of the blade body, and an axially-elongated slot formed through the substantially cylindrical blade body. The axially-elongated slot is configured to receive chips flowing from the cutting edge within the interior of the blade body and (i) into the slot and/or (ii) through the slot, to prevent the collection of such chips within the interior of the blade body and/or at an interface between the blade body and the work piece. The axially-elongated slot defines a first end adjacent to the cutting edge, a second end axially spaced further from the cutting edge, and a slot area. The hole cutter further defines a total slot area to blade body circumference ratio within the range of about 0.1 to about 0.3 depending on the size of the hole cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
  • Tile saw
    Patent number: 11554516
    Abstract: An angle guide assembly for being coupled to a table body that slides along a longitudinal axis relative to a base of a saw. The angle guide assembly includes an attachment member configured to attach the angle guide assembly to the table body; a guide body and an angled fence pivotally coupled to the guide body between a first orientation in which a workpiece can be placed at an angle to the longitudinal axis along a first guide surface of the guide body by placing the workpiece against the fence surface, and a second orientation in which a workpiece can be placed at an angle to the longitudinal axis along a second guide surface of the guide body by placing the workpiece against the fence surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg L. Sheddy, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Darren B. Moss, Warren A. Ceroll, Stuart J. Wright, William D. Spencer, Jiangang Zhao, William S. Taylor, Frank A. Mannarino
  • Packaging for retractable hand tool
    Patent number: 11542079
    Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
  • Light apparatus having air flow
    Patent number: 11543093
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is provided with a housing forming a battery housing and a light housing separated via a partitioning wall. A light module is supported by the light housing and includes a heat sink located at least partially within the light housing and at least one LED supported by the heat sink. A battery receptacle formed within the battery housing to slidingly receive a battery pack at least partially into the battery housing. An intake opening is formed within the partitioning wall and an air vent is formed in fluid communication with the light housing. In operation, an airflow passes in thermal contact with the battery pack from the battery housing into the light housing through the intake opening, and from the light housing in thermal contact with the heat sink out of the air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Puzio, Daniel L. Schwarz, Ethan L. Helmer
  • Collar system for a dust extractor
    Patent number: 11541498
    Abstract: A collar system for a dust extractor is provided including: a collar including a drill passage extending through the collar and an extension forming an internal passage that connects at one end with the drill passage, the extension being attachable to a housing of the dust extractor to enable the internal passage to connect to a suction passage of the dust extractor; and a cover mounted adjacent an entrance of the drill passage, the cover being moveable between a first position where it covers the entrance and a second position where is remote from the entrance, wherein the cover comprises at least hole that passes through the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Rompel, Krystof Petele, Arthur Lauer, Andreas Friedrich, Clemens Duenser
  • Modular tool bit holder system
    Patent number: 11534897
    Abstract: A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, and a flexible shaft tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft, a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis, a second angle gear, and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft, a flexible intermediate shaft rotatably drivable by the second input shaft, and a second tool bit holder rotatably drivable by the flexible intermediate shaft. The angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder are operable separately or in combination. A connection assembly is configured to non-rotatably couple the angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder when they are operable in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr.
  • Handle
    Patent number: D978651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Payne