Compact multi-material cut-off tool

US11772224B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Techtronic Cordless GP · US

Inventors

• Ronald C. McCurry · Seneca, US
• Adam Gathers · Anderson, US
• Kyle B. Yeomans · Easley, US
• Brian D. Mertel · Simpsonville, US
• M. Grayson Jacoway · Mauldin, US
• Brandon L. Hicks · Simpsonville, US
• Jesse J. Jerabek · Anderson, US
• Nicholas S. Norton · Anderson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21Y2115/10
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion coupled thereto, an arbor supported by the housing, a working element attachable to the arbor for movement therewith, a motor positioned within the motor housing portion and configured to drive the arbor, a first lighting element positioned proximate an end of the handle portion, and a second lighting element positioned on the motor housing portion. The first lighting element is configured to illuminate a workpiece behind the working element and the second lighting element is configured to illuminate the workpiece in front of the working element.