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US 12,491,616 B2Granted
Modular concrete tool
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsJames Wekwert, Kyle Reeder, Colin J. Roberts
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Abstract
A modular concrete tool includes a modular power unit that has a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion, a battery receptacle configured to removably engage a battery pack, a handle extending from the motor housing portion, a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion, and a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates.
Claims28
A modular concrete tool comprising:
- a modular power unit having:
- a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion;
- a battery receptacle configured to removably engage a battery pack;
- a handle extending from the motor housing portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion;
- and
- a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates,
- wherein the housing of the modular power unit includes an extension having a proximal end connected to the tool socket.
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A modular concrete tool comprising:
- a modular power unit having:
- a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion;
- a battery receptacle configured to removably engage a battery pack;
- a handle extending from the motor housing portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion;
- a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates;
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- a concrete tool accessory including a tool plug configured to removably engage the tool socket, wherein the concrete tool accessory comprises a vibrating screed having a rigid drive shaft housing that defines a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tool plug is disposed on the proximal end and a vibrating head is disposed on the distal end, and wherein a drive shaft within the rigid drive shaft housing engages the output shaft.
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A modular concrete tool comprising:
- a modular power unit having:
- a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion;
- a battery receptacle configured to removably engage a battery pack;
- a handle extending from the motor housing portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion;
- a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates;
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- a concrete tool accessory including a tool plug configured to removably engage the tool socket, wherein the concrete tool accessory comprises an early entry saw having a rigid drive shaft housing that defines a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tool plug is disposed on the proximal end and a saw unit is disposed on the distal end, and wherein a drive shaft within the rigid drive shaft housing engages the output shaft.
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A modular concrete tool comprising:
- a modular power unit having:
- a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion;
- a battery receptacle, wherein the battery receptacle is configured to removably engage a battery pack;
- a handle extending from a top of the motor housing portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion;
- and
- a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates;
- and
- a concrete tool accessory that includes a modular power unit receptacle with a direct drive plug extending therein, wherein the modular power unit fits into the modular power unit receptacle and the tool socket fits over the direct drive plug to allow the direct drive plug to engage the output shaft,
- wherein the concrete tool accessory comprises a vibrating screed having a rigid drive shaft housing that defines a proximal end and a distal end, a handle is disposed on the proximal end and a vibrating head is disposed on the distal end and includes the modular power unit receptacle.
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A modular concrete tool comprising:
- a modular power unit having:
- a housing with a motor housing portion and a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion;
- a battery receptacle, wherein the battery receptacle is configured to removably engage a battery pack;
- a handle extending from a top of the motor housing portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor housing portion, the motor configured to provide torque to an output shaft extending through the front housing portion;
- and
- a tool socket formed in the front housing portion in which the output shaft terminates;
- and
- a concrete tool accessory that includes a modular power unit receptacle with a direct drive plug extending therein, wherein the modular power unit fits into the modular power unit receptacle and the tool socket fits over the direct drive plug to allow the direct drive plug to engage the output shaft,
- wherein the concrete tool accessory comprises an early entry saw having a rigid drive shaft housing that defines a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tool plug is disposed on the proximal end and a saw unit is disposed on the distal end and includes the modular power unit receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.