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US 10,632,589 · App. 15/249,818 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Power tool

Inventors: Drake L. Fisher (Baltimore, MD); Brent A. Kuehne (Red Lion, PA); Christian V. Elder (Baltimore, MD)

Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.

B24B23/02 B24B47/00 B24B47/12 B24B55/102 B25F5/02

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Patent No.: US 10,632,589
App. No.: 15/249,818
Granted: Apr 28, 2020
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A power tool includes a housing. A motor is housed in the housing. A platen is driven by the motor. The housing includes a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part. The housing defines a battery receptacle portion configured to receive a removable battery pack which powers the motor. Each of the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part form part of the battery receptacle portion.

Claims (45)

1. A power tool comprising:

a housing;

a motor housed in the housing;

a platen which is driven by the motor;

wherein the housing comprises a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part;

wherein the housing defines a battery receptacle portion configured to receive a removable battery pack which powers the motor; and

wherein each of the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part form part of the battery receptacle portion; and

wherein the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part are three separate pieces assembled together to form the housing;

wherein the battery receptacle portion comprises a first rail and a second rail, the first and second rails configured to engage rails of the removable battery pack.

2. The power tool of claim 1 , wherein the first, second and third housing parts each form part of at least one of the first rail and the second rail.

3. The power tool of claim 2 , wherein the first housing part and the second housing part together form the first rail.

4. The power tool of claim 3 , wherein the third housing part forms the second rail.

5. The power tool of claim 1 , wherein the first housing part is a first side housing part, wherein the second housing part is a second side housing part and wherein the third housing part is a top housing part; and

wherein the first side housing part and the second side housing part form sides of the housing when the platen is disposed on a flat horizontal surface and the top housing part forms a top part of the housing when the platen is disposed on a flat horizontal surface.

6. The power tool of claim 1 , wherein the power tool is a sander.

7. The power tool of claim 2 , wherein the first rail is generally perpendicular to a rotational axis of the motor.

8. The power tool of claim 5 , wherein an electrical connector configured to electrically engage with the battery pack is held between the second housing part and the third housing part.

9. A sander comprising:

a housing;

a motor housed in the housing;

a sanding platen which is driven by the motor;

wherein the housing comprises a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part;

wherein the housing defines a battery receptacle portion configured to receive a removable battery pack which powers the motor, the battery receptacle portion comprising a first rail and a second rail, the first rail and the second rail configured to engage rails of the removable battery pack;

wherein the first rail is comprised of the first housing part and the second housing part; and

wherein the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part are three separate pieces assembled together to form the housing.

10. The sander of claim 9 , wherein the second rail is comprised of the third housing part.

11. The sander of claim 9 , further comprising an electrical connector held between the second housing part and the third housing part.

12. The sander of claim 9 , wherein the first housing part is a first side housing part, wherein the second housing part is a second side housing part and wherein the third housing part is a top housing part; and

13. The sander of claim 9 , wherein the first rail and the second rail are generally perpendicular to a rotational axis of the motor.

14. The sander of claim 9 , wherein the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part are made of a plastic material.

15. A power tool comprising:

a housing;

a motor housed in the housing;

a platen which is driven by the motor;

wherein the housing comprises a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part;

wherein the third housing part is a top housing part that forms a top part of the housing when the platen is disposed on a flat horizontal surface; and

wherein the second rail is comprised of the third housing part; and

wherein the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part are three separate pieces assembled together to form the housing.

16. The power tool of claim 15 , wherein the first rail is comprised of the first housing part and the second housing part.

17. The power tool of claim 15 , further comprising an electrical connector held between the second housing part and the third housing part.

18. The power tool of claim 15 , wherein the first housing part is a first side housing part, wherein the second housing part is a second side housing part; and

wherein the first side housing part and the second side housing part form sides of the housing when the platen is disposed on a flat horizontal surface.

19. The power tool of claim 15 , wherein the power tool is a sander.

Continuity (1)

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