Patent ID: 11871509
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 11:
12. A power tool device comprising:
a power tool device housing having a battery pack receiving portion configured to receive a battery pack;
a powered element located in the power tool device housing and configured to be selectively coupled to power provided by the battery pack;
a second electronic processor within the power tool device housing and configured to control operation of the powered element;
a compartment located in the power tool device housing; and
a housingless insertable wireless communication device including a first electronic processor and an antenna, each of which is mounted to a first printed circuit board (PCB) of the housingless insertable wireless communication device, the housingless insertable wireless communication device configured to be received in the compartment, and the first electronic processor configured to communicatively couple with the second electronic processor when the housingless insertable wireless communication device is received in the compartment;
wherein the housingless insertable wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device; and
wherein a first portion of the first PCB of the housingless insertable wireless communication device is not enclosed by a housing and remains exposed when the housingless insertable wireless communication device is not inserted into the compartment.