US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Dec. 30 for "Outer rotor brushless motor and planetary gear assembly for power tool" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,623, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Outer rotor brushless motor and planetary gear assembly for power tool" was invented by Dustin Jefferies (Baltimore), Bhanuprasad V. Gorti (Perry Hall, Md.), John B. Fogle (White Hall, Md.) and John D. Cox (Lutherville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is provided including a housing, a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor, and a gear assembly. The motor includes a stator having an inner stator, a rotor shaft extending along a center axis and including a first bearing and a second bearing; an outer rotor, a first end cap, and a second e...