US 12,395,046 B2
Firmware control providing a soft stop on compression drive nailer
Edward A. Pomeroy, Peidmont, SC (US); Elton L. Watson, Greenville, SC (US); Justin Clack, Oak Grove, LA (US); and Henry T. Johnson, Seneca, SC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,799.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,620, filed on Jul. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0030784 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H02K 11/215 (2016.01); B25C 1/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/215 (2016.01) [B25C 1/041 (2013.01); H02K 7/145 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a motor of a power tool, the method comprising:
performing, via a first controller, a load test on a battery pack of the power tool;
determining, via the first controller, a first mechanism control scheme based on the load test;
receiving, via the first controller, an input indicative of beginning an operation cycle of the power tool;
isolating the first controller from a second controller;
controlling, via the first controller, the motor of the power tool based on the first mechanism control scheme while the first controller is isolated from the second controller;
sensing, via one or more sensors, a dataset indicative of a result of the operation cycle of the power tool based on the first mechanism control scheme;
receiving, via the second controller, the dataset;
connecting the first controller and the second controller upon completion of the operation cycle;
transmitting, via the second controller, the dataset to the first controller upon completion of the operation cycle; and
determining, via the first controller, a second mechanism control scheme based on the dataset.