US 12,440,956 B2
Power tool wake up
Daniel W. Medeiros, Brookfield, WI (US); and Vivek Anand, Brookfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 18/842,236
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/014085
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/164278, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,732, filed on Feb. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0178177 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H02P 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/02 (2013.01) [H02P 1/46 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a housing;
a sensor;
a motor drive circuit connected to a motor; and
a motor controller connected to the motor drive circuit, the motor controller configured to:
detect an input received from the sensor,
determine whether the detected input exceeds a predetermined value,
determine whether the power tool is in a sleep condition, and
initiate a wake-up operation in response to determining that the detected input exceeds the predetermined value and determining that the power tool is in the sleep condition.