Power tool powered by power over ethernet
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorRolf Reitz de Swardt
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Abstract
A hand-held power tool may include a motor, an end effector operably coupled to the motor and operable responsive to operation of the motor, and a control unit configured to control operation of the motor based at least in part on data communicated to the control unit from an external network. Power to the motor and the data communicated to the control unit from the external network may both be provided via a single cable.
Claims20
A hand-held power tool comprising:
- a motor;
- an end effector operably coupled to the motor and operable responsive to operation of the motor;
- and
- a control unit configured to control operation of the motor based at least in part on data communicated to the control unit from an external network,
- wherein power to the motor and the data communicated to the control unit from the external network are both provided via a single cable.
An accumulator for a hand-held power tool comprising a motor, an end effector operably coupled to the motor and operable responsive to operation of the motor, and a control unit configured to control operation of the motor based at least in part on data communicated to the control unit from an external network,
- wherein power to the motor and the data communicated to the control unit from the external network are both provided via a single cable,
- wherein the accumulator is operably coupled between the single cable and the motor to enable power available via the single cable to be provided to the motor, and
- wherein the accumulator is configured to charge when power demand by the motor is less than power available via the single cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.