US 11,835,217 B2
Light emitting assembly for a power tool
Brian E. Friedman, Baltimore, MD (US); Joseph Patrick Kelleher, Parkville, MD (US); David Irwin, Cockeysville, MD (US); Richard Dizon, Baltimore, MD (US); Heather Schafer, Street, MD (US); Michael Sikora, Baltimore, MD (US); and Abraham Lozier, Kingsville, MD (US)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,432.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,611, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357031 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01); B25B 23/18 (2006.01); F21S 9/02 (2006.01); F21V 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 21/30 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/0084 (2013.01) [B25B 23/18 (2013.01); F21S 9/02 (2013.01); F21V 21/145 (2013.01); F21V 21/30 (2013.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a housing containing a motor;
an output member configured to be driven by the motor to perform an operation on a workpiece;
a handle having a first end portion coupled to the housing and a second end portion;
a base coupled to the second end portion of the handle, the base including a battery receptacle configured to receive a battery; and
a light emitting assembly pivotably coupled to the base, the light emitting assembly configured to be operable in a first mode in which light having a first light quality is emitted from a front surface of the light emitting assembly toward the workpiece to illuminate the workpiece, configured to receive a signal indicating a condition of the power tool, and configured to be operable in a second mode in which light having a second light quality is emitted from a top surface of the light emitting assembly in response to the signal to indicate the condition of the power tool.