Patents Assigned to Black & Decker Inc.
  • Patent number: 11858085
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing. A motor is housed in the housing. A platen is driven by the motor. The housing includes a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part. The housing defines a battery receptacle portion configured to receive a removable battery pack which powers the motor. Each of the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part form part of the battery receptacle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Drake L. Fisher, Brent A. Kuehne, Christian V. Elder
  • Patent number: 11858106
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a removable battery pack a first tool and a second tool. The first tool includes a first base housing that is selectively engageable with the removable battery pack and a first tool portion connected to the first base housing by a first connecting section. The second tool includes a second base housing that is selectively engageable with the removable battery pack and a second tool portion connected to the second base housing by a second connecting section. The second tool base housing houses a second controller that provides a proportional power delivery system for the second tool and second tool base housing also includes a second actuator for providing user control of the second tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Schwarz, Patrick J. Tilson, Ethan L. Helmer
  • Patent number: 11859975
    Abstract: A laser level including a control mechanism housing which houses a control mechanism, the control mechanism including at least a top surface and a bottom surface. A protective structure extends from the control mechanism housing configured to protect the control mechanism from impact and including an upper structure which extends from a top surface of the control mechanism housing and a lower structure which extends from a bottom surface of the control mechanism housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin M. Lee, Vincent Cook, Michael T. Matteo, Keith M. Lombardi
  • Publication number: 20230421023
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing having an elongated body having an outer diameter that is at most approximately 34 mm, and an outer-rotor electric motor disposed within the elongated body of the housing. The electric motor is configured to provide a maximum power output of approximately greater than or equal to 470 watts and a maximum output speed of greater than 25,000 rotations-per-minutes (RPM) when powered by the battery pack having a maximum rated voltage of 20V and rated capacity of 2 Amp-hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Jarrett A. DUNSTON, Timothy W. FRENCH, Gale A. HESLOP, Ross A. BILLINGS
  • Patent number: 11855521
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing including a grip portion; and a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor at least partially disposed within the grip portion of the housing. The motor includes a stator having a rotor core, a rotor, and front and rear bearing support structures. The stator core includes a non-segmented construction with a maximum diameter of approximately smaller than or equal to 34 mm, and a ratio of a motor size (Km) constant of the motor to a length of the motor is in the range of approximately 0.39 to 0.59 (Nmm/?W)/mm. When powered by a 20 V battery pack, a ratio of a maximum power output of the motor to a volume of the motor is at least approximately 0.0106 W/mm{circumflex over (?)}3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Jefferies, David J. Smith, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, John B. Fogle, John D. Cox, Kristopher Cochran, Barak N. Gohn
  • Patent number: 11855567
    Abstract: An impact power tool includes a housing, a motor, a controller, an output member configured to be rotated when the motor is energized, and an impact mechanism configured to rotationally drive the output member. The impact mechanism is configured to selectively apply rotational impacts to the output member when a torque on the output member exceeds a torque threshold. The controller is configured to control the motor during a first phase of operation with open loop control and a baseline conduction band and advance angle setting when a sensed tool operation parameter is one of above or below a threshold value. The controller is configured to control the motor during a second phase of operation with closed speed loop control and an increased conduction band and advance angle setting when the sensed tool operation parameter is the other of above or below the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Peter Hague Wadeson, Eric Louis Kunz, BhanuPrakash Villuri, Tyler Petrus, Wing W. Lin
  • Patent number: 11852177
    Abstract: A concrete anchor capable of resisting large loads while requiring minimal embedment depth. The system includes a concrete structure including a cylindrical opening in the concrete surface thereof. The system also uses an anchor which includes a sleeve and a plug. The sleeve includes at least two legs extending toward a first end of the sleeve. The plug includes an increasing diameter portion disposed toward a first end of the plug. The plug includes a locking opening. After installation, legs of the sleeve extend radially outward past the wall and the increasing diameter portion prevents inward movement of the legs to lock the sleeve and the plug in turn in the concrete cylindrical opening. Furthermore, dynamic loading on the plug via the locking opening when the anchor is in use generates a dynamic radially outward force on the legs to secure the anchor in the concrete hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thilo Pregartner, Mark Cerbone, Matthew Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20230405792
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a power supply interface receiving a removable battery pack, a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor including a rotor and a stator, and a multi-phase inverter bridge circuit. A controller is provided to output drive signals to the inverter bridge circuit to control flow of current from to the motor, where each drive signal is activated within each corresponding phase of the motor within a conduction band. The controller is configured to control a length of the conduction band at a variable value within a first torque range below a torque threshold and at a substantially constant value within a second torque range above the torque threshold. The torque threshold is greater than approximately 1 Newton-meters and the motor produces a maximum power output of at least approximately 1250 watts at the torque of approximately 1 Newton-meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Cox, Michael K. Forster, John C. Vanko, Daniel J. White, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, JR.
  • Patent number: 11846507
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laser level system. The laser level system includes a mount, a laser secured to the mount and a remove input device. The mount includes a rotating portion to which the laser level is secured. The remote input device controls rotation of the rotating portion. The laser level is secured to the rotating portion of the mount such that when the rotating portion rotates, the laser level rotates concurrently along with the rotating portion of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Eidinger, Kun Chang
  • Patent number: 11839964
    Abstract: A reciprocating power tool may include a driving system including a motor and a transmission received in a housing to drive a reciprocating mechanism. A counterbalance mechanism may be coupled between the driving system and the reciprocating mechanism. The counterbalance mechanism may include a rotating counterbalance mechanism including a first rotating counterweight member and a second rotating counterweight member coupled to an output gear of the driving system. The counterbalance mechanism may include a rocking counterweight member coupled between the output gear and the housing. The output gear may include a recessed portion in which the first rotating counterweight member and a clutching system are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Yanchao Wang
  • Publication number: 20230396128
    Abstract: A power tool comprising a housing and a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor disposed within the housing. The motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The power tool is configured to generate a power output from the motor that is greater than 1200 continuous hot Watts out such that a quotient obtained by the power output measured in Watts (Wout), divided by an input measured in Volt-Amperes (Vain), and further divided by a volume of the power tool measured in cubic centimeters (cc), is greater than 600 Wout/Vain/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vanko, Michael K. Forster, Matthew J. Velderman, John Howson
  • Patent number: 11835217
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing containing a motor, an output member configured to be driven by the motor to perform an operation on a workpiece, and a handle having a first end portion coupled to the housing and a second end portion. A base is coupled to the second end portion of the handle. A light emitting assembly is pivotably coupled to the base. The light emitting assembly is configured to be operable in a first mode to illuminate a workpiece and a second mode to indicate a condition of the power tool responsive to the power tool signaling the condition to the light emitting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Joseph Patrick Kelleher, David Irwin, Richard Dizon, Heather Schafer, Michael Sikora, Abraham Lozier
  • Patent number: 11837926
    Abstract: A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly including a rotor supporting permanent magnets rotatable relative to the stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator comprising a stator core and stator teeth radially extending from the stator core and defining slots therebetween. A first set of stator windings is wound on the stator teeth, and a second set of stator windings is also wound on the stator teeth such that, on each stator tooth, the first and second windings are provided in an electrically parallel configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Barak N. Gohn, Colin M. Crosby, Nicholas J. Lowe, James R. Clarke, Daniel F. Heck, Michael P. Sikora, Christian B. Rogerson, Ryan F. Schroeder, Connor T. Mohan, Michael D. Grove
  • Patent number: 11837934
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a brushless DC motor includes a stator core including stator poles and an outer surface, at least one magnet wire wound on the poles forming stator windings, and a bus bar including a non-conductive mount and conductive terminals. Each conductive terminal includes: a main portion and a tang portion extending from a first longitudinal end of the main portion. At least a contact portion of the at least one magnet wire is wrapped around the tang portion and fused to make an electric connection to the conductive terminal. The tang portion has a smaller lateral width than the main portion and is folded over the main portion to capture the contact portion of the at least one magnet wire. A power wire supply electric power to the motor is coupled to the conductive terminal proximate the second longitudinal end of the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: David J. Smith, Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen Osborne, Brian Friedman, Jarrett A. Dunston
  • Patent number: 11833658
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a tool container system includes a container with base and cover pivotably attached by a hinge, base and cover locking members, and a latch moveable between unlatched and latched positions to allow or prevent movement of the cover relative to the base. The system also includes a utility knife blade retainer configured to be received in and held by the container, the retainer configured to define a generally trapezoidal shape and contact multiple faces of blades received therein. The retainer comprises an engagement feature to engage with the container to limit movement of the retainer. In another embodiment, a knife blade retainer is configured to be received in a container. The retainer includes a generally trapezoidal shape defined therein to contact multiple faces of a trapezoidal shape of blades received therein. An engagement feature engages with the container to limit movement of the retainer within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kenneth Adams, Gregory Tropea, Austin Charles Allessio, Aaron Jonathan Jones, Ralf Strauss
  • Patent number: 11837935
    Abstract: A motor is provided including a motor housing having a substantially cylindrical body and at least one open end, a stator disposed within the motor housing, and a rotor rotatably received within the stator. The motor further includes a bearing bridge mounted on the open end of the motor housing and including a main body forming a center pocket arranged to support a rotor shaft, an outer ring configured to be fittingly received through the open end of the motor housing, and at least one fastening receptacle formed radially through the outer ring. The motor housing includes a side opening through which a fastener is radially fastened into the fastening receptable to secure the bearing bridge to the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Jefferies, David J. Smith, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori
  • Patent number: 11837690
    Abstract: A battery pack comprises a battery pack housing operably connectable to a power tool, at least five battery cells disposed in the housing, and battery pack terminals electrically connectable to power tool terminals of the power tool and electrically connected to the battery cells. An inductance characteristic of the battery pack is greater than 0 and less than 0.20 micro Henries. A ratio of inverse impedance and inductance characteristic of the battery pack is greater than 5×107 ??1H?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Osborne, Corey Redmond, Dustin Jeffries, Ralphy A. Louis, Michael Varipatis, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Daniel J. White
  • Patent number: 11820638
    Abstract: A drink making device including a hood, a base configured to support at least four bottles, a tower connecting the base and the hood; and a dispenser for dispensing a beverage. The hood includes at least four attachment connectors. Liquid from the bottles is selectively pumped through the connectors through the dispenser to dispense a beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Andrew Cross, Thomas Landis, Randy L. Rhoades, Graham Bone, Daniel Langford, Mark Thomas Davies, Michael C. Doyle, Aldon O. Blackwood, Tylan A Tschopp
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    Patent number: D1005811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Peter Thompson, James R. Standaloft, Gary Spratt, Mark James Baxter, Tylan A. Tschopp
  • Patent number: D1006812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Matthew C. Francis