US 2026/0030973 A1 · POWER TOOL ADAPTER FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN POWER TOOL DEVICES AND EXTERNAL DEVICES

Abstract

An adapter is provided that can include a body including a first interface to couple the adaptor to a first power tool device and a second interface to couple the adapter to a power tool battery pack, a communication port coupled to the body, an antenna coupled to the body, and an electronic controller coupled to the body and in communication with the antenna and the communication port. The electronic controller can include a processor that can be configured to, while coupled via the communication port and a wired connection to a user device, establish communication between a user device and a plurality of power tool devices, receive, via the antenna, tool information from a second power tool device of the plurality of power tool devices, and transmit the tool information to the user device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An adapter for power tool systems, the adapter comprising:

a body comprising a first interface configured to couple the adaptor to a first power tool device;
a communication port coupled to the body;
an antenna coupled to the body;
and
an electronic controller coupled to the body and in communication with the antenna and the communication port, the electronic controller including a processor and configured to:
while coupled via the communication port and a wired connection to a user device,
establish communication between a user device and a plurality of power tool devices,
receive, via the antenna, tool information from a second power tool device of the plurality of power tool devices, and
transmit the tool information to the user device.

6 more elements

A communication system, the communication system including:

a power tool adapter configured to enable cross-platform communication between a plurality of power tool devices and a user device, the power tool adapter including:
a body including a set of electro-mechanical interfaces configured to couple the power tool adaptor to a first power tool device of the plurality of power tool devices and a second power tool device of the plurality of power tool devices;
a communication port coupled to the body;
an antenna coupled to the body;
and
an electronic controller coupled to the body and in communication with the antenna and the communication port, the electronic controller including a processor and configured to:
establish communication between the user device and the plurality of power tool devices, wherein the plurality of power tool devices includes a third power tool device, wherein the first power tool device and the second power tool device are compatible with a first power tool platform and the third power tool device is compatible with a second power tool platform different from the first power tool platform;
receive, via the antenna, tool information from the plurality of power tool devices;
and
transmit the tool information to the user device.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/277,910Filed 23 Jul 2025

Priority

24 Jul 2024

Published

29 Jan 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G08C 17/02
Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link: using a radio link
H01Q 1/2291
By structural association with other equipment or articles: used in Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi® devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN]
H01Q 1/273
Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies: adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
G08C
Transmission systems for measured values, control or similar signals

Power tool adapter for establishing communication between power tool devices and external devices

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Power tool adapter for establishing communication between power tool devices and external devices

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Abstract

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