Battery pack interface
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsKyle J. Radovich, Cameron R. Schulz, Mitchell Carlson, John G. Marx, Paul Rossetto, David M. Schwalbach
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Abstract
An interface for a battery pack and an electrical combination. The interface may include a battery-receiving portion configured to receive a battery pack and including a cavity. The cavity is defined by a pair of sidewalls with rails defining a groove between the rails and a lower surface of the cavity. The rails are stepped or angled along a battery insertion axis and are configured to guide the sliding engagement of a battery pack within the battery-receiving portion.
Claims20
A latch mechanism for an electrical combination, the electrical combination including a battery pack and an electrical device, the electrical device including a device housing having a device support portion configured to receive the battery pack, latch mechanism being operable to connect the battery pack and the electrical device, the latch mechanism comprising:
- a latching member movable between a latched position, in which the latching member is engageable between the battery pack and the electrical device to inhibit relative movement, and an unlatched position, in which relative movement is permitted;
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- a switch operable with the latching member, the switch inhibiting power transfer between the battery pack and the electrical device when the latching member is between the latched position and the unlatched position,
- wherein each of the latching member and the switch is positioned in the device housing of the electrical device.
A latch mechanism for an electrical combination, the electrical combination including a battery pack and an electrical device, the latch mechanism being operable to connect the battery pack and the electrical device, the latch mechanism comprising:
- a latching member movable between a latched position, in which the latching member is engageable between the battery pack and the electrical device to inhibit relative movement, and an unlatched position, in which relative movement is permitted;
- a switch operable with the latching member, the switch inhibiting power transfer between the battery pack and the electrical device when the latching member is between the latched position and the unlatched position;
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- an actuator engageable by a user to move the latching member between the latched position and the unlatched position, the actuator having a cam surface engageable with the latching member,
- wherein rotational movement of the actuator causes translational movement of the latching member between the latched position and the unlatched position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.