US 11,865,691 B2
Power tool with chuck key holder
Andrew David Hamroff, Baltimore, MD (US); Joseph Patrick Kelleher, Parkville, MD (US); Shihuai Wang, Suzhou (CN); and GaoLi Dou, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,512.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,708, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184794 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B25F 5/02 (2006.01); B23B 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/029 (2013.01) [B23B 45/006 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a housing;
a motor disposed in the housing;
an output spindle extending outward from the housing and configured to be rotationally driven by the motor;
a keyed chuck coupled to the output spindle for rotation with the output spindle;
a chuck key holder configured to releasably retain a chuck key having a first shaft with a key disposed thereon for operating the chuck, and a second shaft coupled to first shaft generally perpendicular to the first shaft, the second shaft including a lever portion;
wherein the chuck key holder includes a first recess configured to receive the first shaft and a second recess with an enclosed sheath configured to receive the second shaft with the lever portion exposed from the sheath, the chuck key holder including a slidable lock configured to slide over the chuck key to retain the chuck key in the chuck key holder.