Patent ID: 11865690
Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A power tool comprising:
a tool housing;
a brushless DC (BLDC) motor assembly including a motor housing disposed within the tool housing and having a substantially-cylindrical main body with a rear end at least partially closing the main body, the motor assembly further including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator both disposed within the motor housing;
a power module including a printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of power switches mounted on the PCB and electrically coupled to the motor assembly, wherein the PCB includes a width that is greater than a diameter of the motor assembly; and
a mounting bracket secured to an end of the motor assembly and including a mating portion arranged to mate with the end of the motor assembly, a plurality of mount posts extending radially-outwardly from the mating portion, and a plurality of axial walls extending between outer ends of the plurality of mount posts and at least partially housing the power module to support the PCB in a substantially parallel orientation relative to the rear end of the motor assembly,
wherein the mating portion comprises a substantially cylindrical portion arranged to mate around a circumferential portion of the motor housing at or near the rear end of the motor housing.