Patents by Inventor Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN

Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN 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: 20230398656
    Abstract: An abrasive belt device includes first and second rollers that accommodate an abrasive belt to define a sanding surface, and a lever usable to modify a distance between the rollers. The abrasive belt device also defines an opening through which the belt passes during installation or removal. In a first lever position, the rollers are separated by a first distance that allows the installation or the removal of the belt, and the opening is not covered by the lever, thereby permitting a portion of the belt to pass through the opening. In a second lever position, the rollers are separated by a second distance, greater than the first distance, that inhibits the installation or the removal of the belt, and the opening is covered by a portion of the lever, thereby inhibiting any portions of the belt from passing through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Kyle J. Christophersen
  • Publication number: 20230211450
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing defining a cavity therein, where the housing includes a motor case and a handle portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing from the motor case; an electric motor having a drive shaft and mounted within the motor case; a partitioning wall extending radially and separating the motor case portion from the non-motor case portion of the housing; and a bearing pocket with an open end facing the motor case portion formed in the partitioning wall and a main body extending away from the electric motor for receiving a rotor bearing. The handle portion includes two elongate walls extending from the partitioning wall, a circuit board supported by the two elongate walls and including a motor drive circuit, and two covers secured to the two elongate walls to cover the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10818450
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, an on/off switch having a contact tip disposed within the housing for activating the motor, a paddle switch coupled to the housing via a pivot member and having a paddle trigger engageable by a user, a switch contact lever disposed in selectable engagement with the contact tip of the on/off switch to activate or deactivate the on/off switch, and a biasing member disposed between the switch contact lever and the paddle switch to absorb a travel distance of the paddle trigger with respect to the switch contact lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Floyd E. Moreland, IV, Earnest N. Copeland, Jr., James H. Stiles, III, Daniel F. Nace, Kyle J. Christophersen
  • Patent number: 10682736
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a motor driving a shaft and a drive spindle. The drive spindle includes an outer spindle rotatably driven by the shaft and an inner spindle disposed within the outer spindle. The outer spindle includes an end portion defining an engagement surface for mounting a working accessory, and the inner spindle is axially moveable along a longitudinal axis of the outer spindle but rotationally fixed to the outer spindle. A spring member is arranged to apply a biasing force on the inner spindle in a first direction with respect to the outer spindle. Securing the working accessory on the drive spindle against the engagement surface of the outer spindle applies an axial force on the inner spindle in a second direction opposite the first direction with respect to the outer spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle J. Christophersen, Earnest N. Copeland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10404136
    Abstract: A handheld grinder includes an elongated housing, an electric motor, an output shaft, a wall, a planar circuit board, and a motor drive circuit. The elongated housing defines a cavity therein and includes a motor case disposed at a front end and a handle portion to a rear end. The electric motor has a drive shaft that is mounted within the motor case. The output shaft is drivably coupled to the drive shaft of the electric motor. The wall separates the cavity between the motor case and the handle portion of the housing. The planar circuit board disposed in the handle portion of the housing. The motor drive circuit is accommodated entirely within the handle portion of the housing on the planar circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Colin C. Crosby, Matthew J. Velderman, Zollie W. Privett, Jr., Pradeep Pant, Kyle J. Christophersen, Daniel F. Nace, James H. Stiles, III, Floyd E. Moreland, IV
  • Publication number: 20190152014
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Zollie W. PRIVETT, 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
  • Patent number: 10272558
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including an elongated housing. The housing includes a motor case disposed at a front end thereof and a handle portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing from the motor case to a rear end of the housing. The handle portion includes two elongated walls extending from the motor case along the longitudinal axis of the housing to form a planar opening within the handle portion. A partition wall is arranged along an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, separating the handle portion from the motor case. An electric motor having a drive shaft is mounted within the motor case, and a module casing supporting a planar circuit board is received within the planar opening and supported by the elongated walls within the handle portion of the housing axially along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle J. Christophersen, Daniel F. Nace, James H. Stiles, III, Floyd E. Moreland, IV, Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Zollie W. Privett, Jr., Matthew J. Velderman, Colin M. Crosby, Pradeep M. Pant
  • Publication number: 20180366286
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, an on/off switch having a contact tip disposed within the housing for activating the motor, a paddle switch coupled to the housing via a pivot member and having a paddle trigger engageable by a user, a switch contact lever disposed in selectable engagement with the contact tip of the on/off switch to activate or deactivate the on/off switch, and a biasing member disposed between the switch contact lever and the paddle switch to absorb a travel distance of the paddle trigger with respect to the switch contact lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Floyd E. Moreland, IV, Earnest N. Copeland, JR., James H. Stiles, III, Daniel F. Nace, Kyle J. Christophersen
  • Publication number: 20180085885
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a motor driving a shaft and a drive spindle. The drive spindle includes an outer spindle rotatably driven by the shaft and an inner spindle disposed within the outer spindle. The outer spindle includes an end portion defining an engagement surface for mounting a working accessory, and the inner spindle is axially moveable along a longitudinal axis of the outer spindle but rotationally fixed to the outer spindle. A spring member is arranged to apply a biasing force on the inner spindle in a first direction with respect to the outer spindle. Securing the working accessory on the drive spindle against the engagement surface of the outer spindle applies an axial force on the inner spindle in a second direction opposite the first direction with respect to the outer spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN, Earnest N. COPELAND, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170274520
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including an elongated housing. The housing includes a motor case disposed at a front end thereof and a handle portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing from the motor case to a rear end of the housing. The handle portion includes two elongated walls extending from motor along the longitudinal axis of the housing to form a planar opening within the handle portion. A partition wall is arranged along an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, separating the handle portion from the motor case. An electric motor having a drive shaft is mounted within the motor case, and a module casing supporting a planar circuit board is received within the planar opening and supported by the elongated walls within the handle portion of the housing axially along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Kyle J. Christophersen, Daniel F. Nace, James H. Stiles, III, Floyd E. Moreland, IV, Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Zollie W. Privett, JR., Matthew J. Velderman, Colin M. Crosby, Pradeep M. Pant
  • Publication number: 20170106490
    Abstract: A handheld grinder includes an elongated housing, an electric motor, an output shaft, a wall, a planar circuit board, and a motor drive circuit. The elongated housing defines a cavity therein and includes a motor case disposed at a front end and a handle portion to a rear end. The electric motor has a drive shaft that is mounted within the motor case. The output shaft is drivably coupled to the drive shaft of the electric motor. The wall separates the cavity between the motor case and the handle portion of the housing. The planar circuit board disposed in the handle portion of the housing. The motor drive circuit is accommodated entirely within the handle portion of the housing on the planar circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Zollie W. PRIVETT, JR., Craig A. OKTAVEC, David J. SMITH, Mathew J. VELDERMAN, Colin C. CROSBY, Pradeep PANT, Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN, Daniel F. NACE, James H. STILES, III, Floyd E. MORELAND, IV
  • Publication number: 20170110935
    Abstract: A handheld grinder includes an elongated housing, an electric motor, an output shaft, a wall, a planar circuit board, and a motor drive circuit. The elongated housing defines a cavity therein and includes a motor case disposed at a front end and a handle portion to a rear end. The electric motor has a drive shaft that is mounted within the motor case. The output shaft is drivably coupled to the drive shaft of the electric motor. The wall separates the cavity between the motor case and the handle portion of the housing. The planar circuit board disposed in the handle portion of the housing. The motor drive circuit is accommodated entirely within the handle portion of the housing on the planar circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Craig A. OKTAVEC, David J. SMITH, Colin C. CROSBY, Matthew J. VELDERMAN, Zollie W. PRIVETT, Jr., Pradeep PANT, Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN, Daniel F. NACE, James H. STILES, III, Floyd E. MORELAND, IV