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US 2004/0070369 A1Published application
Adapters for battery chargers
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorKazuyuki Sakakibara
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AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorKazuyuki Sakakibara
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The present invention provides adapter 30 that supplies driving power from battery charger 10, which charges a battery pack, to cableless appliance 70, which is driven by the battery pack, via cable 44. Adapter 30 comprises charger-side adapter 40, which controls a charging voltage and a charging current of charger 10, an appliance-side adapter 45, which intermittently supplies a large current to the appliance 70 by utilizing power accumulated in capacitor C, which is disposed within the appliance-side adapter 45, and cable 44. By allowing a small current to continuously flow in cable 44 in order to charge capacitor C and by intermittently supplying the power accumulated in capacitor C to appliance 70, a large amount of power can be supplied to appliance 70. Accordingly, appliance 70 can be continuously used without the battery pack.
An adapter for supplying charging power from a battery charger to a load, comprising:
An adapter for supplying charging power from a battery charger to a load, the adapter comprising:
An adapter comprising:
An adapter constructed to connect to a battery charger, wherein the adapter contains a memory that stores a program, the program having priority in the actuation of a charger CPU over a program stored in a memory contained in the charger.
An adapter constructed to connect to a battery charger, wherein the adapter contains a CPU, the CPU having priority in the control of electronic components within the charger over a CPU contained in the battery charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.