Patent ID: 8104182

Claim:
A portable band saw comprising: a main housing having a right side and a left side in right and left directions, and a front side and a rear side in forward and rearward directions; a pair of drive wheels respectively rotatably disposed on the right side and the left side of the main housing; a saw band engaged by the drive wheels and extending between the drive wheels; a motor housing disposed centrally of the main housing with respect to the right and left directions and positioned above the main housing; an electric motor disposed within the motor housing and coupled to at least one of the drive wheels, so that the saw band circulates as the at least one of the drive wheels is driven by the electric motor; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; and an opening provided in the main housing, the opening positioned centrally of the main housing with respect to the right and left directions and on the front side of the main housing, so that the saw band moves in the right and left directions across the opening, wherein the opening has right and left boundaries between the opening and the right side and the left side of the main housing, respectively; the motor housing has a motor receiving portion, a width of the motor receiving portion in the right and left directions not extending beyond the right and left boundaries of the opening; the battery is mounted to the motor receiving portion; the battery has a width in the right and left directions, the width of the battery being shorter than the width of the motor receiving portion, and the battery being disposed within the width of the motor receiving portion; the portable band saw further includes a first handle and a second handle respectively mounted to the right side and the left side of the motor housing; the battery is positioned between the first handle and the second handle; each of the first handle and the second handle has a width in the forward and rearward directions; the battery has an outer periphery in plan view as viewed from a top of the battery along an axis of the battery, the outer periphery of the battery in the forward and rearward directions being positioned within the width of at least one of the first handle and the second handle as viewed from the top of the battery along the axis of the battery, and substantially the entire battery protrudes beyond the first handle and the second handle in a direction away from the motor housing along the axis of the battery.