US 12,467,619 B2
Application-targeted light on powered ratchet or right-angle power tool
Daniel M. Valanzola, Lebanon, NJ (US); and Joshua O. Johnson, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed by Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/894,554.
Application 18/894,554 is a continuation of application No. 18/195,458, filed on May 10, 2023, granted, now 12,098,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,355, filed on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202310432089.8 (CN), filed on Apr. 21, 2023; and application No. 23171195 (EP), filed on May 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0012436 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/18 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 33/0084 (2013.01) [B25B 21/004 (2013.01); B25B 23/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A powered ratchet tool comprising:
a handle extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, the handle configured to house a motor;
a ratchet head connected to the first end of the handle, the ratchet head supporting an output shaft driven by the motor, the output shaft rotating about an output axis, wherein the output axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a ratchet, the ratchet configured to restrict the rotation of the output shaft in a first direction and to allow rotation of the output shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction; and
an application-targeted lighting system proximate to the first end of the handle, wherein the application-targeted lighting system illuminates the output shaft and a workpiece below the output shaft;
wherein the application-targeted lighting system includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having a first portion disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis and a second portion disposed at an angle from the first portion, and where a plurality of LED lights disposed along a length of the first portion and the second portion of the FPC.