Adapter for power tool devices
First Claim
1. A power tool comprising:
- a housing having an upper main body, a handle, and a device receiving portion, wherein the handle is connected to the upper main body and to the device receiving portion, wherein the device receiving portion is configured to receive and couple to a battery pack;
a brushless direct current (DC) motor within the upper main body and having a rotor and a stator;
a trigger configured to be actuated to activate the brushless DC motor;
a mode selection pad located on an upper surface of the device receiving portion and including a push button; and
a controller including an electronic processor and a memory and configured tocontrol a switching network to drive the brushless DC motor in response to the trigger being actuated,receive first information corresponding to a first mode of operation of the power tool, the first information including a first value of an operational parameter from an external device, the power tool receiving the first information from the external device via wireless communication, wherein the first value is adjustable via a user interface on the external device before being received by the controller,store the first information corresponding to the first mode in the memory,receive second information corresponding to a second mode of operation of the power tool, the second information including a second value of the operational parameter from the external device, the power tool receiving the second information from the external device via wireless communication, wherein the second value is adjustable via the user interface on the external device before being received by the controller,store the second information corresponding to the second mode in the memory,control the power tool to operate in accordance with the first mode in response to the trigger being actuated,receive an input from the push button to select the second mode, andcontrol the power tool to operate in accordance with the second mode in response to receiving the input from the push button and in response to the trigger being actuated, wherein the first value of the operational parameter of the first mode is different than the second value of the operational parameter of the second mode.
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Abstract
An adapter for a power tool including a housing, a tool-side connector, and a battery-side connector in electrical communication with each other. The tool-side connector is configured to couple to a power tool, and the battery-side connector is configured to couple to a battery pack. The adapter also includes a communication interface configured to couple with an external device, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a state of the power tool, operate in a data transmission mode when the power tool is in the idle state, operate in a pass-through mode when the power tool is in the active state, and switch between the data transmission mode and the pass-through mode based on the state of the power tool.
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25 Claims
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1. A power tool comprising:
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a housing having an upper main body, a handle, and a device receiving portion, wherein the handle is connected to the upper main body and to the device receiving portion, wherein the device receiving portion is configured to receive and couple to a battery pack; a brushless direct current (DC) motor within the upper main body and having a rotor and a stator; a trigger configured to be actuated to activate the brushless DC motor; a mode selection pad located on an upper surface of the device receiving portion and including a push button; and a controller including an electronic processor and a memory and configured to control a switching network to drive the brushless DC motor in response to the trigger being actuated, receive first information corresponding to a first mode of operation of the power tool, the first information including a first value of an operational parameter from an external device, the power tool receiving the first information from the external device via wireless communication, wherein the first value is adjustable via a user interface on the external device before being received by the controller, store the first information corresponding to the first mode in the memory, receive second information corresponding to a second mode of operation of the power tool, the second information including a second value of the operational parameter from the external device, the power tool receiving the second information from the external device via wireless communication, wherein the second value is adjustable via the user interface on the external device before being received by the controller, store the second information corresponding to the second mode in the memory, control the power tool to operate in accordance with the first mode in response to the trigger being actuated, receive an input from the push button to select the second mode, and control the power tool to operate in accordance with the second mode in response to receiving the input from the push button and in response to the trigger being actuated, wherein the first value of the operational parameter of the first mode is different than the second value of the operational parameter of the second mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A power tool communication system comprising:
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an external device including a first controller including a first electronic processor and a first memory, wherein the first controller is configured to set, based on received input at a user interface on the external device, a first value of an operational parameter of a first mode of operation of a power tool and a second value of the operational parameter of a second mode of operation of the power tool, wherein the first value and the second value of the operational parameter is different, and transmit, via wireless communication to the power tool, first information corresponding to the first mode including the first value of the operational parameter and second information corresponding to the second mode including the second value of the operational parameter; the power tool including a housing having an upper main body, a handle, and a device receiving portion, wherein the handle is connected to the upper main body and to the device receiving portion, wherein the device receiving portion is configured to receive and couple to a battery pack, a brushless direct current (DC) motor within the upper main body and having a rotor and a stator, a trigger configured to be actuated to activate the brushless DC motor; a mode selection pad located on an upper surface of the device receiving portion and including a push button, and a second controller including a second electronic processor and a second memory and configured to receive the first information and the second information from the external device, store the first information corresponding to the first mode and the second information corresponding to the second mode in the second memory, control the power tool to operate in accordance with the first mode in response to the trigger being actuated, receive a second input from the push button to select the second mode, and control the power tool to operate in accordance with the second mode in response to receiving the second input from the push button and in response to the trigger being actuated. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of selecting a mode of operation of a power tool, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a wireless transceiver of the power tool, first information corresponding to a first mode of operation of the power tool, the first information including a first value of an operational parameter from an external device, the first value of the operational parameter being adjustable via a user interface on the external device before being received by the wireless transceiver; storing, in a memory of the power tool, the first information corresponding to the first mode; receiving, by the wireless transceiver of the power tool, second information corresponding to a second mode of operation of the power tool, the second information including a second value of the operational parameter from the external device, the second value of the operational parameter being adjustable via the user interface on the external device before being received by the wireless transceiver; storing, in the memory of the power tool, the second information corresponding to the second mode; controlling, with a controller of the power tool, the power tool to operate in accordance with the first mode in response to a trigger of the power tool being actuated; receiving an input, from a push button on a mode selection pad located on an upper surface of a device receiving portion of a housing of the power tool, to select the second mode, the device receiving portion being configured to receive and couple to a battery pack; and controlling, with the controller, the power tool to operate in accordance with the second mode in response to receiving the input from the push button and in response to the trigger being actuated, the first value of the operational parameter of the first mode being different than the second value of the operational parameter of the second mode. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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