Patents by Inventor Richard A. Zainer

Richard A. Zainer 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).

  • COMPACT POWER TOOL DATA LOGGER
    Publication number: 20240235211
    Abstract: A data logger device for a power tool including a housing, a power tool interface provided at the top of the housing and configured to be received in a corresponding interface of the power tool, and a battery pack interface provided at the bottom of the housing and configured to receive a corresponding interface of a battery pack providing operating power to the power tool. The data logger also includes a tool terminal block, a battery terminal block provided, and bus bars connecting the tool terminal block to the battery terminal block to provide pass through power from the battery pack to the power tool. The data logger is configured to obtain data related to power tool operation, and export, using a transceiver, the data to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: John W. Thiele, Richard A. Zainer, Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Jonathan E. Abbott, Matthew N. Thurin, Kellen Carey
  • Compact power tool data logger
    Patent number: 11848579
    Abstract: A data logger device for a power tool including a housing, a power tool interface provided at the top of the housing and configured to be received in a corresponding interface of the power tool, and a battery pack interface provided at the bottom of the housing and configured to receive a corresponding interface of a battery pack providing operating power to the power tool. The data logger also includes a tool terminal block, a battery terminal block provided, and bus bars connecting the tool terminal block to the battery terminal block to provide pass through power from the battery pack to the power tool. The data logger is configured to obtain data related to power tool operation, and export, using a transceiver, the data to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Thiele, Richard A. Zainer, Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Jonathan E. Abbott, Matthew N. Thurin, Kellen Carey
  • COMPACT POWER TOOL DATA LOGGER
    Publication number: 20200227927
    Abstract: A data logger device for a power tool including a housing, a power tool interface provided at the top of the housing and configured to be received in a corresponding interface of the power tool, and a battery pack interface provided at the bottom of the housing and configured to receive a corresponding interface of a battery pack providing operating power to the power tool. The data logger also includes a tool terminal block, a battery terminal block provided, and bus bars connecting the tool terminal block to the battery terminal block to provide pass through power from the battery pack to the power tool. The data logger is configured to obtain data related to power tool operation, and export, using a transceiver, the data to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: John W. Thiele, Richard A. Zainer, Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Jonathan E. Abbott, Matthew N. Thurin, Kellen Carey