US 12,186,877 B2
Power tool including input control device on top portion of housing
Nathan T. Larsen, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,401.
Application 17/962,737 is a division of application No. 16/578,633, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,498,197, issued on Nov. 15, 2022.
Application 18/506,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/962,737, filed on Oct. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,839,963.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,416, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075606 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25F 5/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/001 (2013.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a housing having a handle portion and a motor housing portion;
a motor within the motor housing portion;
a mode selector located on a top portion of the motor housing portion remote from the handle portion and configured to generate a mode signal in response to each actuation of the mode selector;
a first indicator on the top portion of the motor housing portion;
a second indicator on the top portion of the motor housing portion; and
a controller including an electronic processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the electronic processor, configure the controller to:
receive the mode signal,
cycle to a next operational mode of a plurality of operational modes of the power tool responsive to receiving the mode signal to select one of the plurality of operational modes, the plurality of operational modes including a forward mode and a reverse mode,
operate the motor according to the selected one of the plurality of operational modes,
illuminate the first indicator after receiving a first mode signal from the mode selector to indicate a selection of a first of the forward mode and the reverse mode,
illuminate the second indicator after receiving a second mode signal from the mode selector to indicate a selection of a second of the forward mode and the reverse mode, the second mode signal received after the first mode signal, and
illuminate the first indicator after receiving a third mode signal from the mode selector to indicate the selection of the first of the forward mode and the reverse mode, the third mode signal received after the second mode signal.