CORDLESS POWER TOOLS WITH A UNIVERSAL CONTROLLER AND TOOL AND BATTERY IDENTIFICATION

A handheld power tool having an electric motor held in a power tool body and a universal controller in the power tool body in communication with the electric motor. The universal controller is in communication with an electronic component that defines a tool type identifier in the power tool body. T...

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Main Authors BECKER, DANIEL, LINEHAN, JOHN, J, JOHNSON, JOSHUA, ODELL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.04.2016
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COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A handheld power tool having an electric motor held in a power tool body and a universal controller in the power tool body in communication with the electric motor. The universal controller is in communication with an electronic component that defines a tool type identifier in the power tool body. The handheld power tool also has a battery pack releasably attachable to the power tool body, the battery pack having an on-board electronic identifier. The universal controller has a plurality of different operational control modes for a plurality of different tool types and a plurality of different battery packs with different battery characteristics. The controller can automatically select an appropriate control mode based on the tool type identifier and the battery pack identifier.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110838851