# US 9,434,013 B2 · Sheet cutting shears > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,434,013 B2 - Document ID: US9434013B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/713,419 - Filed: 2012-12-13 - Published: 2014-06-19 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-13 - Assignees: Ingersoll-Rand Company - Applicants: Ingersoll-Rand Company - Inventors: Joshua Odell Johnson; Christopher Anthony Kokinelis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434013B2 ## CPC - B23D 29/026: {for cutting sheets} - B23D 27/04: actuated by electric power - B25F 5/02: Construction of casings, bodies or handles {(B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence)} - B23D 29/02: Hand-operated metal-shearing devices - B23D: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (making toothed gears or the like B23F; cutting metal by applying heat locally B23K; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} ## Abstract Illustrative embodiments of sheet cutting shears are disclosed. A sheet cutting shears may include a tool body and a cutting head. The tool body may include a drive housing and a handle coupled to the drive housing. The handle may be inclined toward the cutting head so that at least a portion of the drive housing located between the handle and the cutting head is within a footprint of the handle when viewed from above. A handle axis and a housing axis may form an acute angle located at least in part between a front side of the handle and a top side of the drive housing. The sheet cutting sheers may further include a trigger configured to move between an off position and an on position, the trigger being spaced apart from the drive housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sheet cutting shears comprising: a tool body including a drive housing and a handle, the handle extending upwardly from the drive housing at a first end of the drive housing, the drive housing extending along a housing axis and the handle extending along a handle axis, a cutting head coupled to the drive housing at a second end of the drive housing, the second end opposite the first end, the cutting head including a jaw and a blade coupled to the jaw, the jaw including a first finger and a second finger spaced apart from the first finger, the blade positioned between the first and second fingers and pivotable relative to the jaw about a blade axis, wherein the handle is inclined toward the cutting head to form an acute angle relative to the drive housing, the handle includes a hand grip and a battery receiver, the hand grip has a proximal end adjacent the drive housing and a distal end spaced apart from the drive housing, the battery receiver extends from the distal end of the hand grip along a battery-installation axis, the battery-installation axis is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the housing axis, the blade is movable between a first position where the blade extends between the first and second fingers and a second position where the blade extends downwardly and out from between the fingers below the blade axis, and the first and second fingers are each formed to define a shearing edge configured to provide a shearing force when the blade moves from the second position to the first position, and a battery at least partially received in the battery receiver of the handle and spaced apart from the drive housing, wherein at least a portion of the cutting head is within a footprint of the battery when viewed from the battery along a line perpendicular to the housing axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sheet cutting shears of claim 1, wherein a center of gravity of the sheet cutting shears is within the footprint of the battery when viewed from the battery along a line perpendicular to the housing axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sheet cutting shears of claim 2, wherein the center of gravity of the sheet cutting shears is located between the housing axis and the battery-installation axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sheet cutting shears of claim 1, further comprising a switch coupled to the handle and spaced apart from the drive housing, the switch configured to move between an off position and an on position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sheet cutting shears of claim 4, wherein the switch is a trigger slidable between the off position and the on position, the trigger biased toward the off position by a spring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The sheet cutting shears of claim 5, wherein the trigger is slidable relative to the handle along a trigger axis between the off position and the on position, the trigger axis being parallel to the housing axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sheet cutting shears of claim 1, wherein the battery is configured to move along the battery-installation axis from a disengaged position, entirely outside of the battery receiver, to an engaged position, at least partially received in the battery receiver. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sheet cutting shears of claim 1, wherein the blade axis is perpendicular to the housing axis and is spaced apart from the housing axis. ### Claim 9 A sheet cutting shears comprising: a tool body including a drive housing that extends along a housing axis and a hand grip that extends upwardly from a top side of the drive housing at a first end of the drive housing along a handle axis, a cutting head coupled to the drive housing at a second end of the drive housing, the second end opposite the first end, the cutting head including a jaw and a blade coupled to the jaw, the jaw including a first finger and a second finger spaced apart from the first finger, the blade positioned between the first and second fingers and pivotable relative to the jaw about a blade axis, a trigger coupled to the hand grip and configured to move between an off position and an on position along a trigger axis parallel to the housing axis, the trigger being spaced apart from the drive housing, wherein the hand grip is inclined toward the cutting head so that at least a portion of the drive housing located between the hand grip, the blade is movable between a first position where the blade extends between the first and second fingers and a second position where the blade extends downwardly and out from between the fingers below the blade axis, and the first and second fingers are each formed to define a shearing edge configured to provide a shearing force when the blade moves from the second position to the first position, and a battery at least partially received in a battery receiver of the hand grip and spaced apart from the drive housing, wherein at least a portion of the cutting head is within a footprint of the battery when viewed from the battery along a line perpendicular to the housing axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sheet cutting shears of claim 9, wherein the hand grip has a proximal end adjacent the drive housing and a distal end spaced apart from the drive housing, the trigger being coupled to the hand grip at the distal end of the hand grip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The sheet cutting shears of claim 10, wherein the hand grip has a forward side facing the cutting head, the handle axis and the housing axis forming a first angle located at least in part between the forward side of the hand grip and the top side of the drive housing, the first angle being acute. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The sheet cutting shears of claim 11, wherein the handle axis and the trigger axis form a second angle located at least in part between the trigger axis and the forward side of the hand grip, the second angle being a complement of the first angle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sheet cutting shears of claim 12, wherein the hand grip and the drive housing are unitary. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The sheet cutting shears of claim 9, wherein the hand grip is positioned to extend from the drive housing above the blade axis.