Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power tool direction selector
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Application No.: US16176187Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US10781917B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Thomas S. Dougherty , Jason Christopher Bartoszek
- Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand Company
- Applicant Address: US NC Davidson
- Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Davidson
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: B25F5/00
- IPC: B25F5/00 ; F16H61/24 ; F16H59/04 ; B25B21/00

Abstract:
A power tool includes a button useful to select a direction of rotation of the power tool. The button can be used to select between forward, reverse, and neutral. The power tool includes a housing which is coupled with an abutment structure which engages with the button. A sawtooth engagement is formed between the abutment structure and the button. The sawtooth engagement can be asymmetric in shape to provide different force vectors depending on whether the button is pushed in a first or a second direction. The sum of the resistive forces can be the same whether the button is pushed in the first or second direction, owing to the asymmetric forces caused by the sawtooth engagement which make up for differences in other internal resistive forces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200132189A1 POWER TOOL DIRECTION SELECTOR Public/Granted day:2020-04-30
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