US 12,290,952 B2
Control of a cutting tool
Luke Skinner, West Bend, WI (US); Timothy Ryan Obermann, Waukesha, WI (US); Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Thomas Cunningham Hanks, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,539.
Application 18/322,539 is a division of application No. 16/683,313, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,697,218.
Application 16/683,313 is a continuation of application No. 15/455,594, filed on Mar. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,507,590, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/307,776, filed on Mar. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294318 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 5/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 5/005 (2013.01) [B26D 5/086 (2013.01); G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37087 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for remotely controlling a cutting tool, the method comprising:
establishing, by a remote device, a wireless connection with the cutting tool to place the cutting tool in a standby state in which a trigger is prevented from initiating a cutting operation;
activating a trigger lock on the cutting tool to lock the trigger in an on state;
in response to the trigger lock being activated, sending a first signal from the cutting tool to the remote device indicating that the cutting tool is enabled to be operated remotely;
receiving, by the remote device, information indicative of actuation of a first button of a user interface of the remote device;
responsive to receiving the information indicative of the actuation of the first button, sending, a second signal to the cutting tool from the remote device indicating a request to arm the cutting tool;
receiving, by the remote device, information indicative of actuation of a second button of the user interface; and
responsive to receiving the information indicative of the actuation of the second button, sending, a third signal to the cutting tool from the remote device to cause the cutting tool to initiate a cutting operation.