Invention Application
- Patent Title: SHORT CIRCUIT MITIGATION IN A POWER TOOL
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Application No.: US18703764Application Date: 2022-12-14
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Publication No.: US20240421696A1Publication Date: 2024-12-19
- Inventor: Matthew C. Noel , Thomas Goltz , Logan Manderle , Erik P. Bothe
- Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US WI Brookfield
- Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Brookfield
- International Application: PCT/US2022/081546 WO 20221214
- Main IPC: H02M1/32
- IPC: H02M1/32 ; B25D16/00 ; H01M50/247 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/088 ; H02M1/36 ; H02P3/08

Abstract:
Power tools that include a housing, a motor supported by the housing, a battery pack interface configured to receive a battery pack that includes a plurality of battery cells, an inverter positioned between and electrically connected to the battery pack interface and the motor, a gate driver connected to the inverter and configured to control a current in the inverter, a controller configured to control the gate driver, and a short circuit detection circuit. The short circuit detection circuit is configured to monitor the current in the inverter, compare the current in the inverter to a short circuit threshold, and control a switch of the short circuit detection circuit to disable the gate driver when the current in the inverter is greater than or equal to the short circuit threshold.
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