US 11,738,397 B2
Reciprocating saw
Brent A. Kuehne, Red Lion, PA (US); and Ning Wu, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/895,514.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,414, filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391311 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B23D 49/16 (2006.01); B23D 51/10 (2006.01); F16H 57/031 (2012.01)
CPC B23D 49/162 (2013.01) [B23D 51/10 (2013.01); F16H 57/031 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reciprocating saw, comprising:
a housing;
a motor housed in the housing:
a user-operable trigger configured to operate the motor;
a blade clamp driven by the motor through a reciprocating shaft, the shaft having a first end coupled to the blade clamp to couple to a blade and a second end opposed to the first end;
a gearcase comprising a gearcase base and a gearcase cover, the gearcase cover formed to include a first end including a cylindrical tube and a second end including a receiving cavity having an open face and an intermediate cavity between the cylindrical tube and the receiving cavity;
the first end of the reciprocating shaft received in a first opening of the cylindrical tube adjacent to the intermediate cavity, extending through the cylindrical tube and out of a second opening of the cylindrical tube opposed to the first opening of the cylindrical tube and the second end of the reciprocating shaft received in the receiving cavity;
and
a bearing received in the second opening of the cylindrical tube.