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20150279592 | BIASING MEMBER FOR A POWER TOOL FORWARD/REVERSE ACTUATOR - A directional input unit is provided for a power tool having an electric motor is provided, where the input unit is configured to output a signal indicative of a rotational direction of the electric motor. The input unit includes a forward/reverse actuator having a lever extending from an engagement member and pivotable around a pivot member, the lever having a contact tip, and a biasing member. The biasing member including a lever engaging member engaging the contact tip and having an upper portion and a lower portion with a groove formed at an end common point of the upper and lower portions. A first leg of the biasing member extend downwardly from the upper portion and arranged to be securely received inside an opening of a holder, and a second leg extends upwardly from the lower portion outside the opening between the lever engaging member and the first leg. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280515 | Integrated Electronic Switch and Control Module for a Power Tool - An electronic switch and control module for a power tool having an electric motor is provided. The module includes a module housing including a bottom surface, side walls, and an open face; a printed circuit board (PCB) fittingly received from the open face of the module housing and securely disposed within the module housing; an encapsulation member arranged to mate with a mating surface of the side walls of the module housing to form an enclosed compartment over a portion of the PCB to enclose at least one electronic or electro-mechanical element mounted on a surface of the PCB; and power switches mounted on the surface of the PCB within an open compartment of the module housing where the encapsulation member does not enclose the surface of the PCB, the power switches being electrically configured to switchably connect a supply of electric power from a power source to the electric motor. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280516 | Integrated Electronic Switch and Control Module for a Power Tool - An electronic switch and control module for a power tool having an electric motor is provided. The module includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an encapsulation member forming an enclosed compartment enclosing a portion of a surface of the PCB, and power switches mounted on the surface of the PCB outside the enclosed compartment, where the power switches are electrically configured to switchably connect a supply of electric power from a power source to the electric motor. The module further includes an input unit having at least one electro-mechanical element at least partially disposed within the enclosed component and generating a signal for controlling a switching operation of the plurality of power switches. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280517 | Integrated Electronic Switch and Control Module for a Power Tool - An electronic switch and control module for a power tool having an electric motor is provided. The module includes a module housing including a bottom surface, side walls, and an open face, a printed circuit board (PCB) received from the open face of the module housing and securely disposed within the module housing at a distance from the bottom surface of the module housing; power switches mounted on a top surface of the PCB, and heat sinks discretely arranged and each mounted over a respective one of the plurality of power switches and secured to the top surface of the PCB to transfer heat away from the power switch through the open face of the module housing. The module further includes an input unit having conductive tracks disposed on the PCB and an electro-mechanical element engaging the plurality of conductive tracks, the input unit generating a signal for controlling a switching operation of the plurality of power switches, and a controller mounted on the PCB configured to control the switching operation of the power switches based on the signal from the input unit. | 10-01-2015 |
20150282337 | VARIABLE-SPEED ACTUATOR FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool is provided including a tool housing, an electric motor disposed in the housing, and a variable-speed actuator having a trigger, a sliding member linked to the trigger and moveable in a longitudinal direction, and a compression spring engaging the sliding member and a wall arranged at a distance from the sliding member in the longitudinal direction. A post is disposed on the wall, where an end of the compression spring engaging the wall is disposed around the post to limit a lateral movement of the compression spring. | 10-01-2015 |
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20120059765 | Web-based Immigration Case Creation System - The present invention “Web-based Immigration Case Creation System” pertains to the web-based method of creating and assigning a case to immigration attorneys. Following Clients' request, the invention assigns individual log-in IDs and passwords to the customer portal enabling clients to log-into their individual account and space. Once in their account in the customer portal, clients can create cases in just few clicks and get an instant e-mail confirmation with a case petition number. The invention also continues to benefit clients, their beneficiaries, and attorneys servicing as a one medium of communication through which various supporting documents are uploaded, comments and instructions are given to each case created using the web-based case creation system. | 03-08-2012 |
20120130854 | AskMyEsq: Automated Business and Legal Advisory Providing Methodology - AskMyEsq is an automated business methodology that eliminates the need for front office and in-person advisory services in firms. AskMyEsq involves customers contacting attorneys directly via E-mail for advisory services, thus eliminating the cumbersome process of contacting the front office of the firm to schedule time to talk with an attorney and make a payment for the services. AskMyEsq helps faster and 24×7 reach out to attorneys. The system will help firms make attorneys accessible to customers at all times in an affordable way by eliminating the overheads of having the traditional front office. In AskMyEsq, attorneys directly receive advisory requests on-line from customers. Upon receipt of the request, attorneys analyze the request, give professional response, specify a fee and optionally reserve a time-slot. Customers will then be able to view the advisory given and/or confirm the time-slot for meeting by paying the designated fee on-line. | 05-24-2012 |
20140129454 | Professional Services Portal - A system of hardware and software components and methods of providing a service portal such as a legal service portal are disclosed. For clients, the system offers several advantages including allowing clients to select professionals from a pre-qualified list of professionals, to provide their personal data only once to the system, to have their cases transferred from one professional to another electronically, and the ease of quick response to inquiries and electronic billing. For the legal professionals, the advantages include customized profile pages, membership in an exclusive network of pre-qualified professionals, referral of work, the ability to automate many mundane tasks for filling out various forms with similar customer data, and the ability to safely transfer or receive cases with complete electronic records, and the ability to collaborate with other professionals on a given case. | 05-08-2014 |
20150095092 | Legal workflow management system - A computerized workflow automation method is provided for defining a business process by a user, implemented by executing instructions stored in memory using a processor coupled to the memory. The method includes: defining the business process and a plurality of tasks associated with the business process, the tasks including a first task and a second task; defining a process level service level agreement (PLSLA) for the process; defining task level service level agreements including at least a first task level service level agreement (TLSLA) for the first task and a second TLSLA for the second task; assigning the first task to a first user group and assigning the second task to a second user group; and storing data representative of the process, each of the tasks, the first TLSLA, the second TLSLA, the PLSLA, and each of the user groups, in the memory. | 04-02-2015 |