- Patent Title: Current limit for a power tool powered by different power supplies
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Application No.: US15672712Application Date: 2017-08-09
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Publication No.: US10658903B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Michael K. Forster , John C. Vanko , Bhanuprasad V. Gorti , Tal Gottesman
- Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT New Britain
- Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
- Current Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT New Britain
- Agent Amir Rohani
- Main IPC: H02P6/14
- IPC: H02P6/14 ; H02P6/28 ; H02P6/15 ; B24B47/12 ; H02P6/04 ; H02K7/14 ; B25F5/00 ; B24B23/02

Abstract:
A power tool is provided including a brushless electric motor, a switching arrangement having motor switches and interposed between the electric motor and a power supply, and a controller configured to control a switching operation of the motor switches for driving the electric motor and enforce a current limit on the current delivered to the electric motor. The controller receives a measure of current passing from the power supply to the switching arrangement and takes corrective action to reduce current delivered to the electric motor if the measured current exceeds the current limit. The controller further receives a signal corresponding to at least one of a type and/or a nominal voltage of the power supply and sets the current limit based on the received signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170338754A1 CURRENT LIMIT FOR A POWER TOOL POWERED BY DIFFERENT POWER SUPPLIES Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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