Power tool with light for illuminating workpiece

US9352458B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BLACK & DECKER INC. · US

Inventors

• Brian E. Friedman · Baltimore, US
• Stephen P. Osborne · Pikesville, US
• Eva J. Dixon · Columbia, US
• Eric E. Hatfield · Jacobus, US
• Daniel L. Krout · Edgewood, US
• Robert G. Kusmierski · York, US
• Corey G. Robertson · Red Lion, US
• Jeffrey Delcamp · Baltimore, US
• Daniel Puzio · Baltimore, US
• Robert S. Gehret · Hampstead, US
• Stuart E. Garber · Towson, US
• Joerg Zellerhoff · Towson, US
• Joao Norona · Baltimore, US
• Aris C. Cleanthous · Baltimore, US
• Amanda Miller · Joppatowne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2013
• Grant date: May 31, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02K7/14
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

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.