QUICK DOUBLE TRIGGER CONFIGURATION CHANGE

• Main Author: Steckel, John P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.08.2018
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; 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; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FORFASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING; TRANSPORTING

A handheld power tool is provided that includes hand grip and output portions, and a control system. The output portion includes a rotating output shaft rotated by a motor when initiated by the trigger. The trigger includes multi-purpose functionality that initiates both rotation of the output shaft by the motor and change from one of a plurality of operating configurations of the output shaft to a new one of the plurality of operating configurations. The control system polls the trigger to detect multiple pull-and-release operations on the trigger to signal advancement of the plurality of operating configurations to the new one of the plurality of operating configurations. Multiple pull-and-release operations of the trigger changes to the new one of the plurality of operating configurations of the output shaft.