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US 10,483,506 B2Granted
Battery pack
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsRyan Klee, Michael W. Roberts, Nathan J. Osborne, Gene Stidham, Nicholas J. Garibaldi
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Abstract
The present invention includes a battery pack for a cordless power tool including a plastic housing including a mechanical interface for mechanically coupling the battery pack to a corresponding mechanical interface of a cordless power tool. The mechanical interface includes a rail, a groove and a sliding surface. The battery pack also includes a bracket encased within the plastic housing wherein the bracket includes a first portion positioned within the rail of the mechanical interface.
Claims9
A battery pack, comprising:
- a housing of a plastic material, the housing including a mechanical interface for mechanically coupling the battery pack to a corresponding mechanical interface of a power tool in a first direction,
- the housing mechanical interface including a rail, a groove and a sliding surface, the housing rail and the housing sliding surface being opposed to each other on opposing sides of the housing groove,
- the housing mechanical interface configured to receive a power tool rail in the housing groove between the housing rail and the housing sliding surface, and
- a bracket partially encased within the housing plastic material, the bracket comprising a first portion positioned within the housing mechanical interface rail, the first portion including a wear surface positioned at a lower surface of the housing mechanical interface rail and exposed to the housing mechanical interface groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.