Battery pack
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorRyan Altenburger
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Abstract
A battery pack including a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface, electrical terminals positioned within the housing and configured to engage and electrically couple with electrical terminals of a power tool, and a latch mechanism including an actuator that is movable within an aperture in the first surface and a latch member movable within an aperture in the second surface. The latch member includes a first latch portion having a first inclined surface and a second latch portion having a second inclined surface that intersects the first inclined surface. The actuator is depressible to retract the latch member within the housing.
Claims19
A battery pack comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface;
- electrical terminals positioned within the housing and configured to engage and electrically couple with electrical terminals of a power tool;
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- a latch mechanism including an actuator that is movable within an aperture in the first surface and a latch member movable within an aperture in the second surface, the latch member including a first latch portion having a first inclined surface that lies along a first plane and a second latch portion having a second inclined surface that lies along a second plane that intersects the first plane, the actuator being depressible to retract the latch member within the housing.
A power tool comprising:
- a housing having a handle configured to be grasped by a user and a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals;
- a motor supported by the housing;
- a tool element coupled to the motor;
- a battery pack coupleable to the battery receiving portion of the housing of the power tool, the battery pack including
- a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface;
- electrical terminals positioned within the housing and configured to engage and electrically couple with electrical terminals of a power tool;
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- a latch mechanism including an actuator that is movable within an aperture in the first surface and a latch member movable within an aperture in the second surface, the latch member including a first latch portion having a first inclined surface that lies along a first plane and a second latch portion having a second inclined surface that lies along a second plane that intersects the first plane, the latch member being receivable within a complementary recess in the battery receiving portion.
A battery pack comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface;
- electrical terminals positioned within the housing and configured to engage and electrically couple with electrical terminals of a power tool;
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- a latch mechanism coupled to the housing, the latch mechanism having a latch member including a first latch portion having a first inclined surface and a second latch portion having a second inclined surface,
- wherein the first inclined surface lies along a first plane that is oriented at a first angle relative to the longitudinal axis and the second inclined surface lies along a second plane that is oriented at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis, the first angle being different from the second angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.