US 12,296,456 B2
Integrated dust extractor and power tool
Julia C. Marsh, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jeffery D. Spraggon, Milwaukee, WI (US); Joy A. Sodon, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Adam N. Carter, Wales, WI (US); Brittany A. Sellnow, Milwaukee, WI (US); Olivia M. Duero, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Allison J. Widzinski, Round Hill, VA (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,572.
Application 18/341,572 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/711,834, filed on Apr. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,872,665.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/355,475, filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/211,856, filed on Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,611, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415327 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B25F 5/00 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/026 (2013.01) [B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld power tool comprising:
a housing including a front end, a rear end, a first side, and a second side;
a tool receptacle disposed on the front end of the housing, the tool receptacle configured to receive a tool;
a motor positioned within the housing and operatively coupled to the tool receptacle to drive the tool;
a handle disposed on the rear end of the housing;
a tube extending through at least a portion of the housing; and
an auxiliary handle selectively coupled to the housing, the auxiliary handle being at least partially insertable into the tube,
wherein the tube extends through an entire width of the power tool, and
wherein the auxiliary handle is selectively insertable into the tube from the first side of the housing and selectively insertable into the tube from the second side of the housing.