Corey R Robertson

US Patent:

8328381, Dec 11, 2012

Filed:

Feb 25, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/379585

Inventors:

Eva J. Dixon - Columbia MD, US
Daniel L. Krout - Abingdon MD, US
Robert G. Kusmierski - York PA, US
Stephen P. Osborne - Baltimore MD, US
Amanda Miller - Joppa MD, US
Jeff Delcamp - Lutherville MD, US
Corey G. Robertson - Felton PA, US

Assignee:

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

B25B 23/18

US Classification:

362119, 362109, 362120

Abstract:

A power tool including a end effector rotatable with respect to the housing, a collar rotatable with respect to the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) rotatably fixed with respect to the housing, and a light element operatively connected to the PCB and adjacent to the end effector and in a recess of the collar and located to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool. A method of providing light for a workpiece being machined by a power tool including locating lighting elements around a spindle of a power tool, aligning the lighting elements to shine light on a workpiece being machined by the power tool, operatively connecting the lighting elements to a PCB, containing and supporting the PCB with a guide, supporting wires configured to provide power to the PCB with the guide, locating the lighting elements, PCB and guide in a rotatable collar, and preventing the lighting elements, PCB and guide from rotating when the collar rotates.

US Patent:

20130003359, Jan 3, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/616686

Inventors:

Eva J. Dixon - Columbia MD, US
Daniel L. Krout - Abungdon MD, US
Robert G. Kusmierski - York PA, US
Stephen P. Osborne - Baltimore MD, US
Amanda Miller - Joppa MD, US
Jeffrey Delcamp - Baltimore MD, US
Corey G. Robertson - Felton PA, US

Assignee:

BLACK & DECKER INC. - Newark DE

International Classification:

B25F 5/00
B25B 29/00

US Classification:

362119

Abstract:

A power tool including a end effector rotatable with respect to the housing, a collar rotatable with respect to the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) rotatably fixed with respect to the housing, and a light element operatively connected to the PCB and adjacent to the end effector and in a recess of the collar and located to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool. A method of providing light for a workpiece being machined by a power tool including locating lighting elements around a spindle of a power tool, aligning the lighting elements to shine light on a workpiece being machined by the power tool, operatively connecting the lighting elements to a PCB, containing and supporting the PCB with a guide, supporting wires configured to provide power to the PCB with the guide, locating the lighting elements, PCB and guide in a rotatable collar, and preventing the lighting elements, PCB and guide from rotating when the collar rotates.