# US 2021/0241609 A1 · Systems and methods for remote power tool device control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241609 A1 - Document ID: US20210241609A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/236,442 - Filed: 2021-04-21 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-31 - Assignees: Techtronic Cordless GP - Applicants: Techtronic Cordless Gp - Inventors: Mark Huggins; Tyler J. Rowe; Frederick W. Bryan; Mark K. Stokes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241609A1 ## CPC - B25F 5/00: Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H02J 7/40: characterised by the exchange of charge or discharge related data - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - H01M 2220/30: Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop - H02J 7/855: {with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery} - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract Systems and methods for remote power tool control are provided. In one example, a battery pack is coupled to a power tool device. The battery pack includes a pack transceiver and a pack electronic processor. The pack electronic processor is coupled to the pack transceiver and is configured to determine that the power tool device is remotely controllable. The pack electronic processor is further configured to receive, wirelessly via a pack transceiver of the battery pack, a remote control command from a mobile device, and to provide the remote control command to the power tool device. The system further includes a tool electronic processor of the power tool device in communication with the pack electronic processor. The tool electronic processor is configured to control the power tool device to perform an action specified by the remote control command in response to receiving the remote control command. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for remote controlling a power tool device comprising: a battery pack configured to be coupled to the power tool device, the battery pack including: a plurality of cells configured to provide operating power to the power tool device when the power tool device is coupled to the battery pack, a pack transceiver, and a pack electronic processor coupled to the pack transceiver, the pack electronic processor configured to: determine that the connected power tool device is remotely controllable, receive, wirelessly via the pack transceiver, a remote control command from a mobile device, and provide, via a communication link between the pack electronic processor and a tool electronic processor of the power tool device, the remote control command to the power tool device, wherein the remote control command specifies an action to be performed by the power tool device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the power tool device is configured to perform the action specified by the remote control command. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a second power tool device; and a second battery pack configured to be coupled to the second power tool device, the second battery pack including: a second plurality of cells configured to provide operating power to the second power tool device when the second power tool device is coupled to the second battery pack, a second pack transceiver, and a second pack electronic processor coupled to the second pack transceiver, the second pack electronic processor configured to: determine that the connected second power tool device is remotely controllable, receive, wirelessly via the second pack transceiver, a second remote control command from the mobile device, provide, via a second communication link between the second pack electronic processor and a second tool electronic processor of the second power tool device, the second remote control command to the second power tool device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the battery pack and the second battery pack are configured to communicate directly with one another via the pack transceiver and the second pack transceiver, respectively. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the remote control command and the second remote control command are the same command. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) They system of claim 3, wherein the remote control command and the second remote control command are commands to turn the power tool device and the second power tool device ON, respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the second battery pack is configured to provide, via the second communication link, a second command to the second power tool device in response to the battery pack providing, via the communication link, a command to the power tool device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein: the power tool device further includes a mode switch switchable between a first position for selecting a remote control mode and a second position for selecting a normal mode; and the tool electronic processor is configured to place the power tool device in the remote control mode in response to the mode switch being in the first position. ### Claim 9 A method for remote controlling a power tool device by a mobile device, the method comprising: determining, by a pack electronic processor of a battery pack, that a connected power tool device is remotely controllable; receiving, wirelessly via a pack transceiver of the battery pack, a remote control command from a mobile device; and providing, via a communication link between the pack electronic processor and a tool electronic processor of the power tool device, the remote control command to the power tool device, wherein the remote control command specifies an action to be performed by the power tool device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising performing, by the power tool device, the action specified by the remote control command. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: determining, by a second pack electronic processor of a second battery pack, that a second power tool device is connected and remotely controllable, receiving, wirelessly via a second pack transceiver, a second remote control command from the mobile device, and providing, via a second communication link between the second pack electronic processor and a second tool electronic processor of the second power tool device, the second remote control command to the second power tool device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the battery pack and the second battery pack communicate directly with one another via the pack transceiver and the second pack transceiver, respectively. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the remote control command and the second remote control command are the same command. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising providing, via the second communication link, a second command to the second power tool device in response to the battery pack providing, via the communication link, a command to the power tool device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the power tool device includes a mode switch switchable between a first position for selecting a remote control mode and a second position for selecting a normal mode; and the method further comprises placing, by the tool electronic processor, the power tool device in the remote control mode in response to the mode switch being in the first position. ### Claim 16 A battery pack connectable to a power tool device and configured to facilitate remote control of the power tool device by a mobile device, the battery pack comprising: a plurality of cells providing operating power to the power tool device when the power tool device is coupled to the battery pack, a pack transceiver, and a pack electronic processor coupled to the pack transceiver and configured to determine that the connected power tool device is remotely controllable, receive, wirelessly via the pack transceiver, a remote control command from a mobile device, provide, via a communication link between the pack electronic processor and a tool electronic processor of the power tool device, the remote control command to the power tool device, wherein the remote control command specifies an action to be performed by the power tool device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The battery pack of claim 16, wherein the remote control command is configured to cause the power tool device to perform the action. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The battery pack of claim 16, wherein the battery pack is configured to communicate with a second battery pack via the pack transceiver. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The battery pack of claim 16, wherein the remote control command is a command to turn the power tool device ON. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The battery pack of claim 19, wherein the power tool device is a vacuum.