Patents Assigned to Black & Decker Inc.
  • SELF-DISABLING POWER TOOL AND BATTERY PACK
    Publication number: 20230350361
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided including a housing, rechargeable battery cells disposed in the housing, a terminal block for detachably coupling the battery pack to a power tool, and a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly receive a wireless signal from a computing device provided remotely from the housing. The battery pack is configured to enable or disable a supply of power via the terminal block to the power tool according to the wireless signal. A power tool may similarly be remotely enabled or disabled via the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy D. ASHINGHURST, Daniele C. BROTTO, Jason F. BUSSCHAERT, Daniel PUZIO, Raghavendra R. BYATNAL
  • System and method for controlling jobsite products
    Patent number: 11804222
    Abstract: An electronic device with a microphone, a speaker, a processor, and a power tool battery pack connectable to and powering the speaker and the processor. The electronic device has software that can cause the processor to perform operations which can cause the electronic device to operate in first and second modes. While the electronic device is operating in the first mode, the device can generate first audio data representing user speech captured by the microphone which can be analyzed by the electronic device or a remote server. The electronic device can switch from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode, where the electronic device can receive, second audio data from another electronic device. The electronic device can then output, using the speaker, audible content represented by the second audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Torok, Danh T. Trinh, Daniele C. Brotto, Matthew Ian Barrett, Geoffrey S. Howard, Edward D. Smith, Paul S. White
  • POWER TOOLS AND POWER TOOLS PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20230344057
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Schwarz, Patrick J. Tilson, Ethan L. Helmer
  • POWER TOOLS AND POWER TOOLS PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20230339092
    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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Schwarz, Patrick J. Tilson, Ethan L. Helmer
  • High-power battery-operated power tool
    Patent number: 11794327
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a power supply interface receiving a medium-voltage-rated removable battery pack having a maximum rated voltage in the range of 40 to 80 volts, and a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. The motor includes a rotor and a stator having at least three stator windings corresponding to at least three phases of the motor, the rotor being moveable by the stator when the stator windings are appropriately energized within the corresponding phases. A multi-phase inverter bridge circuit is disposed between the power supply interface and the motor, and a controller is configured to output drive signals to the inverter bridge circuit to control flow of current from the battery pack to the motor such that the motor produces a maximum power output of at least approximately 1750 watts at a torque of approximately 1.5 to 2 Newton-meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: 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.
  • Reciprocating saw blade
    Patent number: 11794262
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes an axially elongated blade body having a first end portion, a second end portion, a cutting edge extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, and an opposite back edge extending from the first end portion to the second end portion. An exposed first tang is coupled to the first end portion and is configured to removably mount the blade body in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw. An unexposed second tang is defined by a first score in the blade body between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first score is configured so that the second tang can be exposed by breaking off a first removable portion of the blade body at the first score. The second tang is configured to removably mount the blade body in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw when the second tang is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Charles Kalomeris, Matthew Savarino
  • CHAIN SAW
    Publication number: 20230330888
    Abstract: According to examples, a power tool may include a chassis and a guide bar mounted to the chassis, the guide bar having a central axis. The power tool may also include a handle attached to the chassis above the central axis of the guide bar and a motor housed within the chassis to drive a chain around the guide bar, in which the motor is positioned beneath the central axis of the guide bar and a central axis of the motor is at a certain angle with respect to the central axis. The handle, the motor, and the battery pack mount may be positioned with respect to the chassis to cause the power tool to substantially be balanced in both lateral and longitudinal directions about a location near the trigger mechanism when the battery pack is mounted to the battery pack mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Vincent GREENE, Marina Aleksandrovna Rubanchenko, Jaren Austin Passey, Conor Christopher Hantzschel
  • Screwdriver and tool holder
    Patent number: 11787020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a powered screwdriver. The powered screwdriver includes a housing, a motor housed in the housing and a tool holder driven by the motor. The tool holder selectively holds both a screwdriver bit and a hex key. The hex key includes a bend such that legs of the hex key are transverse to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, JianHui Jiang, JianFeng Zhang, Ana Garcia, Paul Gerard Gross
  • Compressor intake muffler and filter
    Patent number: 11788522
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig, Gary D. White, Dalton E. McFarland
  • Knife with integrated blade snapper
    Patent number: 11772288
    Abstract: A knife includes a body, and a blade slider slidably mounted within the body, the blade slider configured to hold and slidably move a blade relative to the body. The knife further includes a blade snapper pivotally coupled to the body, positioned such that when the blade slider selectively positions the blade to be engaged by the blade snapper, pivotal movement of the blade snapper imparts a force on a blade segment of the blade to detach the blade segment from the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Antony Orsini, Keith Lombardi
  • Handheld power tool with a brushless electric motor
    Patent number: 11770048
    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 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 diameter of the motor measured in meters (m), is greater than 10 Wout/Vain/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: John C. Vanko, Michael K. Forster, Matthew J. Velderman, John Howson
  • Hammer tacker
    Patent number: 11766772
    Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
  • Power tool sound damping
    Patent number: 11759929
    Abstract: A power tool having one or more sound damping members which reduce sound and/or vibration from one or more parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce sound and/or vibration from static or dynamic parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce noise and/or vibration from one or more rotating or moving parts of a power tool and its housing or internal structure. Methods, means, controls, systems and practices for reducing or eliminating undesired sound from a power tool are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Koenig, Michael F. Cannaliato, Brent Kuehne, Anthony Reth, Nicholas A. Mondich, Steven McClaskey, Xin Lei Wang, Yufeng Chen, Paul G. Gross, Marco A. Mattucci, Ashok Samuel Baskar
  • System and method for deterring theft
    Patent number: 11763649
    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: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 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
  • Compliant tip for a fastening tool
    Patent number: 11759932
    Abstract: A compliant tip member for a fastening tool that includes a body having compressible and protective properties includes a forward section, a rearward section longitudinally opposite to the forward section and lateral sides connecting the forward and rearward sections. The compressible feature is in the form of a compression portion that forms at least a portion of the forward section. The compliant tip member forward section is compressible relative to the rearward section due to projections, such as wings or lobes that deform when the forward section is pressed against a workpiece by the nose of the fastening tool. The compliant tip member includes a recess within a surface between the forward section and the rearward section. The recess is shaped to receive the nosepiece of the fastening tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Jillian Takeno, Michael Cieszko, Ross A. Billings
  • Reciprocating saw
    Patent number: 11759873
    Abstract: A method of assembling a gearcase cover assembly of a reciprocating saw. The method includes providing a gearcase cover with a cylindrical opening and a receiving portion, providing a shaft with a yoke affixed to the shaft, inserting a first end of the shaft into the cylindrical opening and rotating the shaft such that a second end of the shaft sits in the receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Brent A. Kuehne, Ning Wu
  • Snap nut concrete anchor assembly
    Patent number: 11754108
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an anchor device for receiving and securing a shaft thereto. The device includes an outer housing within which a jaw assembly is secured. The outer housing of the device may in turn be secured to or within a support structure such as a building component. Jaw components of the jaw assembly may be threaded. Furthermore, the jaw assembly has at least two configurations. In a first configuration, at least one jaw component is positioned away from a central shaft axis against the biasing force of a biasing member. A removable or reconfigurable holding member or stop member selectively secures the at least one jaw component in this position. A second configuration is the result of the holding member being reconfigured by the inserted shaft. The shaft triggers movement of the at least one jaw component toward the central shaft axis and into contact with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Wiley, Yanchao Wang, Matthew Chamberlain, Jack Dunning, John Horky
  • Canned outer-rotor brushless motor for a power tool
    Patent number: 11757330
    Abstract: An outer-rotor brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided including a rotor shaft, a motor housing having an open end and a closed end that supports a first motor bearing, a stator core having an aperture extending therethrough, a stator mount coupled to the open end and including an elongated cylindrical member projecting into the aperture of the stator core and a radial wall that supports a second motor bearing, an outer rotor, and a rotor mount including an outer rim arranged to couple to the outer rotor and an inner body mounted on the rotor shaft. An intermediate bearing is received at least partially within the aperture of the stator core to radially support the stator core relative to the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Jarrett A. Dunston, Timothy W. French, Gale A. Heslop, Ross A. Billings
  • Low-speed sensorless brushless motor control in a power tool
    Patent number: 11750124
    Abstract: A control unit for a brushless DC motor of a power tool having a rotor and a stator is provided. The control unit detects an initial position of the rotor, commutates the motor beginning at the initial position of the rotor using a low-speed motor commutation scheme until an output speed of the rotor exceeds a speed threshold, and commutates the motor based on a back-electromotive force (back-EMF) voltage of the motor after the output speed of the rotor exceeds the speed threshold. In the low-speed commutation scheme, the control unit applies a first set of voltage pulses to a present sector and a second set of voltage pulses to a next sector, and detects a transition of the rotor from the present sector to the next sector based on motor current measurements associated with the first set of voltage pulses and the second set of voltage pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh P. Waikar, Zhi Qu, Wing Lin, John C. Vanko
  • Handheld vacuum
    Patent number: D1000735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel P. Thompson, Gary Spratt, Mark J. Baxter, James R. Standaloft, Tylan A. Tschopp