ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,298, issued on June 30, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool with compact outer-rotor motor assembly" was invented by Tong Zheng (Suzhou City, China), Yuming Zhou (Yangzhou City, China), Weifeng Qian (Suzhou City, China) and Pengcheng Shen (Suzhou City, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is provided including a tool housing, a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor disposed in the tool housing, and a transmission. The motor includes a stator including a stator core having an aperture extending therethrough and stator windings, a rotor including a cylindrical rotor core supporting at leas...