Battery pack charger system
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorTimothy J. Hennesy
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Abstract
A battery pack charger system includes one or more charging ports for charging one or more removable battery packs. Each of the one or more charging ports may receive a plurality of different removable battery packs for charging. Each of the one or more charging ports may to receive at least a first battery pack having a first external physical interface and a second battery pack having a second external physical interface. Each of the one or more charging ports may include a first feature that secures, or retains, or locks the first battery pack in the charging port, and a second feature that secures, or retains, or locks the second battery pack in the charging port.
Claims20
A battery charger system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of electronic components received in the housing;
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- a plurality of charging ports arranged on an external portion of the housing, wherein each charging port of the plurality of charging ports includes:
- a first physical feature that selectively locks a first battery pack in the charging port, the first battery pack having a first external mechanical interface;
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- a second physical feature that selectively locks a second battery pack in the charging port, the second battery back having a second external mechanical interface, the second external mechanical interface being different from the first external mechanical interface.
A charging port of a battery charger system, the charging port comprising:
- a receiving slot defined by:
- a first lateral wall;
- a second lateral wall;
- an end wall extending between a first end portion of the first lateral wall and a first end portion of the second lateral wall;
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- an opening formed between a second end portion of the first lateral wall and a second end portion of the second lateral wall;
- a fixed latching wall fixedly positioned in the receiving slot, wherein the fixed latching wall is configured to selectively latch a first battery pack in the receiving slot, the first battery pack having a first external mechanical interface;
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- a rotatable latching wall rotatably positioned in the receiving slot, wherein the rotatable latching wall is configured to selectively latch a second battery pack in the receiving slot, the second battery pack having a second external mechanical interface, the second external mechanical interface of the second battery pack being different form the first external mechanical interface of the first battery pack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.