US 12,007,526 B2
Wall scanner
Evans H. Nguyen, Renton, WA (US); Jason R. Crowe, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Scott D. Bublitz, Hartland, WI (US); Mike N. Jones, Lake Forest Park, WA (US); Wai Nang Tse, Hong Kong (CN); Pak Fai Siu, Hong Kong (CN); and Man Kit Ho, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,707.
Application 17/488,707 is a continuation of application No. 15/592,410, filed on May 11, 2017, granted, now 11,169,296.
Application 15/592,410 is a continuation of application No. 12/554,684, filed on Sep. 4, 2009, granted, now 9,664,808, issued on May 30, 2017.
Application 12/554,684 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/399,835, filed on Mar. 6, 2009, granted, now 8,251,157, issued on Aug. 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018985 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G01V 3/165 (2006.01); G01R 19/15 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/15 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)
CPC G01V 3/165 (2013.01) [G01R 19/15 (2013.01); G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/15 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall scanner for sensing objects behind a surface, the wall scanner comprising:
a housing including a body portion and a handle portion, the handle portion having a first axis and an outer surface generally defining a cylinder along the first axis, and the body portion having a second axis approximately parallel to and offset from the first axis, a recess formed between the body portion and the handle portion, a first connecting portion connecting the body portion and the handle portion at a first end of the recess, wherein an end portion of the handle portion at the first end extends from and substantially continues the first connecting portion, a second connecting portion connecting the body portion and the handle portion at a second end of the recess;
a battery pack receptacle configured to receive a battery pack, at least a portion of the battery pack receptacle provided at the end portion of the handle portion;
a first sensor supported in the body portion for sensing a metal object behind the surface;
a second sensor supported in the body portion for sensing a non-metallic object behind the surface;
a display configured to display a plurality of indications to a user, the second connecting portion extending from one end of the display such that no control buttons are integral with the display and such that no control buttons are provided between the display and the second connecting portion; and
a control printed circuit board (PCB) provided within the housing and supporting a plurality of control buttons, wherein a straight line connecting a center of the control PCB with an end of the control PCB closest to the display forms a first angle with a surface of the display, wherein the first angle is substantially similar to a second angle formed between the surface of the display and the second connecting portion.