US 12,410,912 B2
Shadowless lighting system for a handheld power tool
Mackenzie J. Nick, Theresa, WI (US); Benjamin J. Farley, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Kentez L. Craig, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 18/699,728
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/048534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/086237, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/321,896, filed on Mar. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/278,719, filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0410564 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/0084 (2013.01) [F21V 23/001 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a primary housing;
a motor situated within the primary housing;
a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotational energy from the motor to an output unit of the power tool;
a secondary housing in which at least a portion of the transmission mechanism is located, the secondary housing including an outer peripheral surface and a protrusion protruding outwardly from the outer peripheral surface;
a light holding device mounted to a front end of the secondary housing and configured to cover a portion of the secondary housing;
a light source configured to be held by the light holding device;
a passageway through the secondary housing, wherein at least part of the passageway is located in the protrusion; and
one or more wires electrically connected to the light source, the one or more wires extending through the passageway and into an interior of the primary housing.