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Granted Patent B2
US 10,661,355 · App. 15/875,203 · Granted May 26, 2020

Remote programming of a power tool

Inventors: Steven J. Phillips (Ellicott City, MD); Oleksiy Sergyeyenko (Baldwin, MD); Christopher W. Shook (Bel Air, MD); Wong Kun Ng (New York, NY); Kevin Wenger (Bel Air, MD)
Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
B23B45/02B25B21/00B25B23/14B25B23/147B25F5/00G05B19/4083B23B2270/32G05B2219/33192G05B2219/45127
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Patent No.
US 10,661,355
App. No.
15/875,203
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drill system is provided. The drill system includes a drill driver and a secondary computing device. One or more descriptors for a fastening application is entered into the secondary computing device and is being received by a controller residing in the power tool. The descriptors are indicative of a fastening application to be performed by the power tool and are received via a wireless data link from the secondary computing device located remotely from the power tool. A parameter of the drill driver is changed in response to the input of the descriptor in the secondary computing device.

Claims (42)

1. A drill system, comprising:

a drill driver comprising a housing, a motor and a chuck;

wherein the housing houses the motor and forms a handle;

wherein the chuck is configured to hold a bit, and the chuck is selectively driven by the motor;

wherein the drill driver further includes a controller and a first wireless transceiver;

the drill system further comprising a secondary computing device;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a second wireless transceiver;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a user interface configured to allow an operator to manually set a first parameter of the drill driver and a second parameter of the drill driver;

wherein the first parameter is related to motor speed as a percentage of maximum motor speed; and

wherein the second parameter is related to a clutch sensitivity;

further comprising a user interface illustrating a minimum and maximum motor speed setting and a minimum and maximum clutch sensitivity setting;

wherein the drill driver operates according to the manually set first parameter and second parameter until another trigger resets the first parameter and the second parameter to baseline values; and

wherein the operator is provided with a visual indication when the first parameter and the second parameter are reset to the baseline values.

2. The drill system according to claim 1 , wherein the another trigger comprises the tool operator pushing a button on the drill.

3. The drill system according to claim 1 , wherein the another trigger comprises the tool operator pushing multiple buttons on the drill.

4. The drill system according to claim 1 , wherein the another trigger comprises a predefined period of time passing.

5. The drill system according to claim 1 , wherein the another trigger comprises a single operation being performed.

6. A drill system, comprising:

a drill driver comprising a housing, a motor and a chuck;

wherein the housing houses the motor and forms a handle;

wherein the chuck is configured to hold a bit, and the chuck is selectively driven by the motor;

wherein the drill driver further includes a controller and a first wireless transceiver;

the drill system further comprising a secondary computing device;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a second wireless transceiver;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a user interface configured to allow an operator to manually set a first parameter of the drill driver;

wherein the first parameter is related to motor speed as a percentage of maximum motor speed;

wherein the drill driver operates according to the manually set first parameter until a trigger resets the first parameter and the second parameter to a baseline value;

wherein the operator is provided with a visual indication when the first parameter is reset to the baseline value; and

wherein the trigger comprises one of a predefined period of time passing or a single operation being performed.

7. The drill system of claim 6 , wherein the trigger comprises a predefined period of time passing.

8. The drill system of claim 6 , wherein the trigger comprises a single operation being performed.

9. A drill system, comprising:

a drill driver comprising a housing, a motor and a chuck;

wherein the housing houses the motor and forms a handle;

wherein the chuck is configured to hold a bit, and the chuck is selectively driven by the motor;

wherein the drill driver further includes a controller and a first wireless transceiver;

the drill system further comprising a secondary computing device;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a second wireless transceiver;

wherein the secondary computing device includes a user interface configured to allow an operator to manually set a first parameter of the drill driver;

wherein the first parameter is related to a clutch sensitivity; and

wherein the drill driver operates according to the manually set first parameter until a trigger resets the first parameter to a baseline value; and

wherein the operator is provided with a visual indication when the first parameter is reset to the baseline value.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 14445735 · Jul 29, 2014
Continuation In Part PCTUS2013023798 · Jan 30, 2013
Provisional Application 61898152 · Oct 31, 2013
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