Patents by Inventor Aris C. Cleanthous
Aris C. Cleanthous 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).
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Patent number: 11167442Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Patent number: 10668642Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Publication number: 20200001492Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christian T. King
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Patent number: 10464231Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Publication number: 20190099912Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Patent number: 9962852Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Publication number: 20180065268Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Aris C. CLEANTHOUS, Christian V. ELDER, Christopher T. KING
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Patent number: 9840020Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Publication number: 20160059434Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly and a rotatable table disposed on the base assembly. The rotatable table is rotatable about a substantially vertical miter axis and has a substantially horizontal workpiece-supporting plane. A saw assembly is connected to the table and includes a blade. The blade is movable downwardly from a first position where the blade is above the workpiece-supporting plane to a second position where a portion of the blade is below the workpiece-supporting plane. The base assembly has a top surface and a first handle disposed on the top surface, with a first hole on the top surface extending through the base assembly, the first hole being configured to allow a user to extend the user's hand therethrough and grip the first handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Aris C. Cleanthous, Christian V. Elder, Christopher T. King
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Patent number: 8820431Abstract: A power tool having a housing, an electric motor disposed in the housing, and a spindle drivingly attached to the electric motor. The spindle includes a cavity adapted for receiving a bit therein and a window extending through the spindle in communication with the cavity. The power tool further has a retention device including a bit engaging member disposed within the housing and operable to extend through the window and retain a bit within the cavity. The power tool still further has an actuator operable by a user externally of the housing to disengage the bit engaging member from a bit received in the cavity and, finally, a mechanical interconnection system operably coupled between the actuator and the retention device to actuate the retention device in response to the actuator, wherein the mechanical interconnection is disposed within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Daniel Puzio, Aris C. Cleanthous, Daniel L. Krout, Robert G. Kusmierski
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Patent number: 8381830Abstract: A power tool having a housing, an electric motor disposed in the housing, and a spindle drivingly attached to the electric motor. The spindle includes a cavity adapted for receiving a bit therein and a window extending through the spindle in communication with the cavity. The power tool further has a retention device including a bit engaging member disposed within the housing and operable to extend through the window and retain a bit within the cavity. The power tool still further has an actuator operable by a user externally of the housing to disengage the bit engaging member from a bit received in the cavity and, finally, a mechanical interconnection system operably coupled between the actuator and the retention device to actuate the retention device in response to the actuator, wherein the mechanical interconnection is disposed within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Daniel Puzio, Aris C. Cleanthous, Daniel L. Krout, Robert G. Kusmierski
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Publication number: 20130003358Abstract: A power tool having a light for illuminating an area proximate a movable end effector. The light may be mounted in such a way as to transmit light through a rotatable collar on the power tool, through or through a member of a housing of the power tool, or from the moving end effector. The light may be powered by a power source that is used for moving the end effector or from a generator that generates electrical power when the power tool is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Stephen P. Osborne, Eva J. Dixon, Eric E. Hatfield, Daniel Krout, Robert Kusmierski, Corey G. Robertson, Jeffrey Delcamp, Daniel Puzio, Robert S. Gehret, Stuart Garber, Joerg Zellerhoff, Joao Norona, Aris C. Cleanthous, Amanda Miller
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Patent number: 8317350Abstract: A power tool having a light for illuminating an area proximate a movable end effector. The light may be mounted in such a way as to transmit light through a rotatable collar on the power tool, through or through a member of a housing of the power tool, or from the moving end effector. The light may be powered by a power source that is used for moving the end effector or from a generator that generates electrical power when the power tool is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Stephen P. Osborne, Eva J. Dixon, Eric E. Hatfield, Daniel Krout, Robert Kusmierski, Corey G. Robertson, Jeffrey Delcamp, Daniel Puzio, Robert S. Gehret, Stuart Garber, Joerg Zellerhoff, Joao Norona, Aris C. Cleanthous, Amanda Miller
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Publication number: 20120074658Abstract: A power tool having a housing, an electric motor disposed in the housing, and a spindle drivingly attached to the electric motor. The spindle includes a cavity adapted for receiving a bit therein and a window extending through the spindle in communication with the cavity. The power tool further has a retention device including a bit engaging member disposed within the housing and operable to extend through the window and retain a bit within the cavity. The power tool still further has an actuator operable by a user externally of the housing to disengage the bit engaging member from a bit received in the cavity and, finally, a mechanical interconnection system operably coupled between the actuator and the retention device to actuate the retention device in response to the actuator, wherein the mechanical interconnection is disposed within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Daniel Puzio, Aris C. Cleanthous, Daniel L. Krout, Robert G. Kusmierski
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Publication number: 20110303432Abstract: A power tool that includes a housing assembly, a motor received in the housing assembly, a trigger, an output spindle, a transmission and a bearing. The transmission is received in the housing assembly and transmits rotary power between the motor and the output spindle. The transmission has an output planetary stage with an output planet carrier. The transmission also has a member that is axially movable between a first position, which causes the transmission to operate in a first speed ratio, and a second position in which the transmission operates in a second speed ratio that is different than the first speed ratio. The bearing is disposed radially between and engages both the housing assembly and the output planet carrier. The output spindle is at least partially received into the output planet carrier such that the bearing indirectly supports the output spindle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Joseph G. Stauffer, Aris C. Cleanthous, Sankarshan Murthy, John Zellinger, Qiang J. Zhang
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Patent number: 8047083Abstract: A flexible sensor is disposed in a power tool. The flexible sensor has an electrical resistance that varies based on a radius of curvature of the flexible sensor. A trigger partially disposed in the power tool, operates to apply a bending force at an engagement point on the flexible sensor to bend the flexible sensor and alter the radius of curvature. A controller outputs an electrical signal to the power tool based on the electrical resistance to control a function of the power tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Black & Decker CorporationInventors: Daniel Puzio, Qiang J. Zhang, Aris C. Cleanthous, Stephen Alan Debelius, Gabriel Eduardo Concari, Michael Kenneth Forster, David C. Tomayko, James B. Watson, Kenneth David Long, Daniele C. Brotto
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Publication number: 20110188232Abstract: A power tool having a light for illuminating an area proximate a movable end effector. The light may be mounted in such a way as to transmit light through a rotatable collar on the power tool, through or through a member of a housing of the power tool, or from the moving end effector. The light may be powered by a power source that is used for moving the end effector or from a generator that generates electrical power when the power tool is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Stephen P. Osborne, Eva J. Dixon, Eric E. Hatfield, Daniel Krout, Robert Kusmierski, Corey G. Robertson, Jeffrey Delcamp, Daniel Puzio, Robert S. Gehret, Stuart Garber, Joerg Zellerhoff, Joao Norona, Aris C. Cleanthous, Amanda Miller
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Patent number: D757830Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Christian V. Elder, Aris C. Cleanthous, Christopher T. King, Gregg L. Sheddy, Robert R. Morin, James C. Gabriel
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Patent number: D871467Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.Inventors: Christian V. Elder, Aris C. Cleanthous, Christopher T. King, Gregg L. Sheddy, Robert R. Morin, James C. Gabriel
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Patent number: D885446Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Christian V. Elder, Aris C. Cleanthous, Christopher T. King, Gregg L. Sheddy, Robert R. Morin, James C. Gabriel