Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Buxton

Anthony J. Buxton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123649
    Abstract: A handheld cutting tool includes a motor, a driven gear coupled to the motor and a sprocket coupled for co-rotation with the driven gear, a housing, a guide bar extending from the housing, a chain supported on the guide bar and engaged with the sprocket such that rotation of the sprocket moves the chain along the guide bar, and a battery pack removably coupled to the housing, the battery pack including a foot portion defining a base plane. The center of gravity of the handheld cutting tool is located above the foot portion when the handheld cutting tool is stood upright on the foot portion, thus permitting the handheld cutting tool to balance only on the foot portion of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shane McCue, Drake J. Schlosser, Charles M. Rowland, Anthony J. Buxton
  • Publication number: 20240077277
    Abstract: A line launcher includes a launcher body extending along a longitudinal axis between a rear end and a front end. The line launcher further includes a handle, a trigger, and a removable battery. The line launcher further includes a compressed gas charge assembly. The line launcher further includes an elongated barrel coupled to the body at the front end. The line launcher further includes a throwline assembly, the throwline assembly including a projectile and a throwline, the projectile insertable into and ejectable from the elongated barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Drake J. Schlosser, Luke A. Meyer, Michael Steven Van Dyke, Anthony J. Buxton, Jacob M. Teitler, Shane L. McCue, Daniel D. Crane, Seamus Joseph Doyle Herson
  • Patent number: 11872718
    Abstract: A handheld cutting tool includes a housing including a motor housing portion, a drive housing portion, and a handle portion extending from one of the motor housing portion or the drive housing portion. A motor is located in the motor housing portion. A driven gear is coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom. A first guard extends between the handle portion and one of the drive housing portion or the motor housing portion, and a second guard extends between the drive housing portion and one of the handle portion and the motor housing portion. A guide bar extends from the drive housing portion at an angle offset relative to the handle portion and the first and second guards. A chain is supported on the guide bar, and a battery pack is removably coupled to a bottom part of the handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Shane McCue, Drake J. Schlosser, Charles M. Rowland, Anthony J. Buxton
  • Publication number: 20230276731
    Abstract: A walk-behind mower has a mower deck, a plurality of wheels, a head, and a plurality of light sources. The wheels are rotatably coupled to the mower deck. The wheels move the walk-behind mower over a support surface in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The head is coupled to the mower deck. The head can store at least one battery pack. The light sources are coupled to at least one of the mower deck and the head. The light sources project light through a continuous illumination angle about the walk-behind mower. The illumination angle extends along an arc from the forward direction toward the rearward direction and is at least 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler L. Graham, Anthony J. Buxton, Benjamin F. Shaske, Adam N. Carter, Shane McCue, John L. Whealon, Christopher Shawn Bullington, Zachary Self
  • Patent number: 11684009
    Abstract: A walk-behind mower has a mower deck, a plurality of wheels, a head, and a plurality of light sources. The wheels are rotatably coupled to the mower deck. The wheels move the walk-behind mower over a support surface in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The head is coupled to the mower deck. The head can store at least one battery pack. The light sources are coupled to at least one of the mower deck and the head. The light sources project light through a continuous illumination angle about the walk-behind mower. The illumination angle extends along an arc from the forward direction toward the rearward direction and is at least 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler L. Graham, Anthony J. Buxton, Benjamin F. Shaske, Adam N. Carter, Shane McCue, John L. Whealon, Christopher Shawn Bullington, Zachary Self
  • Publication number: 20230049230
    Abstract: A walk-behind lawnmower includes a mower deck, a plurality of wheels coupled to the mower deck, a drive motor configured to operate at a drive speed to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels, and a handle coupled to the mower deck. The handle includes a user interface having a variable speed control configured to be actuated an actuation percentage, and a maximum speed control including a setting corresponding to a maximum mower speed. The drive speed of the drive motor is determined using the actuation percentage of the variable speed control scaled by the setting of the maximum speed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler L. Graham, Joshua D. Widder, Daniel R. Ertl, Benjamin F. Shaske, Christopher Shawn Bullington, Anthony J. Buxton, John L. Whealon
  • Publication number: 20230049265
    Abstract: A walk-behind lawnmower including a deck including a shroud, a front end portion, and a plurality of ribs coupled to the front end portion and defining a contact plane, a first motor, a rechargeable battery, and a blade rotatably driven by the first motor about a rotational axis, the blade having a tip defining a blade circle about the rotational axis. A radially inner surface of the shroud is disposed a first distance from a nearest point of the blade circle, the first distance being between 0.12 inches and 0.38 inches, a radially outer surface of the shroud is disposed a second distance from a nearest point of the blade circle, the second distance being between 0.5 inches and 0.75 inches, and the contact plane is disposed a third distance from a nearest point of the blade circle, the third distance being between 1.75 inches and 2.75 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Shawn Bullington, Anthony J. Buxton, John L. Whealon, Shane McCue
  • Publication number: 20220410425
    Abstract: A handheld cutting tool includes a housing including a motor housing portion, a drive housing portion, and a handle portion extending from one of the motor housing portion or the drive housing portion. A motor is located in the motor housing portion. A driven gear is coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom. A first guard extends between the handle portion and one of the drive housing portion or the motor housing portion, and a second guard extends between the drive housing portion and one of the handle portion and the motor housing portion. A guide bar extends from the drive housing portion at an angle offset relative to the handle portion and the first and second guards. A chain is supported on the guide bar, and a battery pack is removably coupled to a bottom part of the handle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shane McCue, Drake J. Schlosser, Charles M. Rowland, Anthony J. Buxton
  • Patent number: 11472058
    Abstract: A handheld cutting tool includes a motor, a driven gear coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom and a sprocket coupled for co-rotation with the driven gear, a handle guard extending from handle portion, a chain supported on a guide bar and engaged with the sprocket such that rotation of the sprocket moves the chain along the guide bar, and a battery pack removably coupled to an end of the handle portion. The handle guard includes a support face configured to support the handheld cutting tool on a horizontal support surface, and the battery pack includes a foot portion. A center of gravity of the handheld cutting tool is located above the foot portion and permits balancing of the handheld cutting tool in an upright position on only the foot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Shane McCue, Drake J. Schlosser, Charles M. Rowland, Anthony J. Buxton
  • Publication number: 20220071085
    Abstract: A walk-behind mower has a mower deck, a plurality of wheels, a head, and a plurality of light sources. The wheels are rotatably coupled to the mower deck. The wheels move the walk-behind mower over a support surface in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The head is coupled to the mower deck. The head can store at least one battery pack. The light sources are coupled to at least one of the mower deck and the head. The light sources project light through a continuous illumination angle about the walk-behind mower. The illumination angle extends along an arc from the forward direction toward the rearward direction and is at least 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler L. Graham, Anthony J. Buxton, Benjamin F. Shaske, Adam N. Carter, Shane McCue, John L. Whealon, Christopher Shawn Bullington, Zachary Self
  • Publication number: 20210154879
    Abstract: A handheld cutting tool includes a motor, a driven gear coupled to the motor for receiving torque therefrom and a sprocket coupled for co-rotation with the driven gear, a handle guard extending from handle portion, a chain supported on a guide bar and engaged with the sprocket such that rotation of the sprocket moves the chain along the guide bar, and a battery pack removably coupled to an end of the handle portion. The handle guard includes a support face configured to support the handheld cutting tool on a horizontal support surface, and the battery pack includes a foot portion. A center of gravity of the handheld cutting tool is located above the foot portion and permits balancing of the handheld cutting tool in an upright position on only the foot portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Shane McCue, Drake J. Schlosser, Charles M. Rowland, Anthony J. Buxton