US 12,170,465 B2
Electronic power module
Madhur M. Purohit, Ellicott City, MD (US); Alastair G. Valentine, Baltimore, MD (US); Joshua M. Lewis, Baltimore, MD (US); Timothy A. Smith, Perry Hall, MD (US); and Christopher W. Shook, Bel Air, MD (US)
Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,162, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247280 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 7/14 (2006.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/30 (2016.01) [H02K 7/14 (2013.01); H05K 7/1432 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic module for controlling a motor, comprising:
a module housing including a bottom surface, a plurality of walls, and an open face;
a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged along a plane within the module housing;
a plurality of power terminals; and
a plurality of power switches mounted on the PCB to switchably connect a supply of electric power from a power source to the plurality of power terminals,
wherein the plurality of power terminals comprises first portions projecting outside the module housing through one of the plurality of walls along a direction substantially parallel to the plane for coupling to a plurality of wires couplable to the motor, second portions extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane and electrically contacting the PCB, and third portions extending perpendicularly from inner ends of the first portions to the second portions along the plane.