Patent ID: 11872683
Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 15:
16. A power tool comprising:
a housing having a handle portion, a battery portion provided on a foot of the handle portion for receiving a removeable battery pack, and a motor housing portion extending from the handle portion opposite the battery portion;
an electric motor disposed within the motor housing; and
a gear case that receives an output shaft of the motor from the motor housing, wherein the gear case comprises:
at least one threaded opening disposed through a side wall of the gear case and configured to receive a threaded end of a side handle, and
a keying feature disposed adjacent the threaded opening on the side wall of the gear case and configured to engage a portion of the side handle to prevent rotation of at least frontal portion of the side handle relative to the gear case as the threaded end of the side handle is being rotationally fastened into the threaded opening.