US 12,257,671 B2
Power tool with battery vibration mitigation
Joseph T. Lottes-Paukner, Sussex, WI (US); Michael R. Sande, Waukesha, WI (US); Joseph J. Drees, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Scott R. Fischer, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); and Jacob P. Schneider, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,741.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,671, filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405790 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 21/02 (2013.01) [B25F 5/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a housing including a motor housing portion and a handle portion extending from the motor housing portion;
a motor supported within the motor housing portion;
a drive assembly operatively coupled to the motor, the drive assembly producing vibrations during operation of the power tool;
a battery receptacle located within the handle portion;
a battery at least partially insertable into the battery receptacle along a battery axis, the battery configured to provide power to the motor; and
a vibration mitigation system configured to reduce transmission of the vibrations produced by the drive assembly to the battery,
wherein the handle portion includes an upper portion extending from the motor housing portion and a lower portion movably coupled to the upper portion, and
wherein the vibration mitigation system includes a damping element between the upper portion and the lower portion.