US 12,133,324 B2
Insertable wireless communication device for a power tool
John B. Lienau, Glendale, WI (US); Anthony M. Davis, Brookfield, WI (US); Ian A. Duncan, Colgate, WI (US); Benjamin Gordon, Brookfield, WI (US); Stephen Matson, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Steven M. Smith, Greenfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,283.
Application 18/498,283 is a continuation of application No. 18/161,520, filed on Jan. 30, 2023, granted, now 11,871,509.
Application 18/161,520 is a continuation of application No. 17/752,548, filed on May 24, 2022, granted, now 11,570,888, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 17/752,548 is a continuation of application No. 17/291,203, granted, now 11,375,610, issued on Jun. 28, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2020/061544, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,449, filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,447, filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,516, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064891 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B25F 5/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/0243 (2013.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01R 12/7058 (2013.01); H01R 12/727 (2013.01); B25B 21/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
a first connector;
an antenna; and
an electronic processor coupled to the first connector and to the antenna;
wherein the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate, via the antenna, with an external device, a server, or both the external device and the server;
wherein the wireless communication device is configured to be removably received in a first compartment of a first power tool device of a first type or in a second compartment of a second power tool device of a second type different than the first type of the first power tool device, each of the first power tool device and the second power tool device including a motor configured to drive an output drive device;
wherein the first connector is configured to electrically and physically couple to a second connector of the first power tool device or of the second power tool device when the wireless communication device is respectively received in the first compartment or the second compartment; and
wherein the electronic processor is configured to:
determine that the first connector has been coupled to one of the second connectors,
set, in response to determining that the first connector has been coupled to one of the second connectors, an operational characteristic of the wireless communication device, wherein setting the operational characteristic includes controlling the wireless communication device to use multiple types of communication protocols to communicate with the external device, the server, or both the external device and the server.