Power-tool accepting two battery types
OwnerMichael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keelerinventors
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Abstract
Devices and mechanisms are disclosed for a simple ejection of the battery-pack from a power-tool with one hand only. The disclosed lock and release mechanisms primarily use one finger while the same hand of the user holds the power-tool. The claimed devices and mechanisms accept and eject two categories of batteries that either slideably attach to the bottom of the power-tool or are inserted into the handle of the power-tool.
Claims20
1- A power-tool, having a handle that attaches to and ejects either of two types of batteries, wherein the power-tool comprises:
- a battery lock-and-release mechanism for locking and unlocking both battery types and is actuated by a single battery release switch or actuator.
2- The power-tool of claim 1, wherein a first type of battery is a battery-pack that slidably attaches to the handle's bottom.
3- The power-tool of claim 1, wherein a second type of battery is a magazine-battery that is inserted inside the handle.
4- The power-tool of claim 1, wherein the battery release switch is a lever.
5- The power-tool of claim 3, wherein a first latch-bolt is hinged to an inside wall of the handle and is pushed by a spring toward the magazine-battery.
6- The power-tool of claim 5, wherein the magazine-battery includes an inclined protrusion that pushes away the first latch-bolt when traveling inside the handle and is locked in place after the first latch-bolt is engaged by a non-inclined surface of the protrusion.
7- The power-tool of claim 6, wherein, upon activation, the battery release switch or actuator moves a wedge that pushes back the first latch-bolt toward the handle wall and disengages the first latch-bolt from the magazine-battery protrusion and releases the magazine-battery.
8- The power-tool of claim 7, wherein the battery release switch or actuator, upon activation, moves the wedge by a linkage or a cable or a combination thereof.
9- The power-tool of claim 8, wherein a second spring-loaded latch-bolt falls into a cavity of the battery-pack upon slidably attaching the battery-pack to the power-tool handle, and locks the battery-pack to the handle, and wherein the second latch-bolt retracts and releases the battery-pack from the handle upon activation of the battery release switch or actuator.
10- The power-tool of claim 1, wherein the handle is held by one hand, and wherein the hand's index-finger squeezes a power-tool trigger to turn the power-tool On and OFF and to control a speed of the power-tool, and wherein the hand's thumb activates the battery release switch or actuator to release either type of the batteries.
11- A power-tool having a handle that accepts two types of batteriess, wherein the power-tool comprises:
- a battery lock-and-release mechanism for automatic locking of a battery-pack or a magazine-battery to the handle and manually releasing the batteries from the handle with a single battery release switch, wherein the battery-pack is mated with the handle latitudinally with respect to the handle and the magazine-battery is mated with the handle longitudinally with respect to the handle.
12- The power-tool of claim 11, wherein the battery-pack slidably attaches to the bottom of the power-tool handle on two rails.
13- The power-tool of claim 11, wherein the single battery release switch protrudes from the handle and is moveably attached to a linkage inside the handle.
14- The power-tool of claim 11, wherein the handle is held by one hand of the user, and wherein index-finger of the user squeezes a power-tool trigger to turn the power-tool On and OFF and to control a speed of the power-tool, and wherein the user's thumb activates the battery release switch to release the battery unit.
15- The power-tool of claim 11, wherein the magazine-battery is locked inside of the handle by a first latch-bolt that has rotational movement and is hinged at one end to an inside wall of the handle and is pushed away, by a spring, from the handle wall toward the magazine-battery.
16- The power-tool of claim 15, wherein the magazine-battery includes an inclined protrusion that pushes away the first latch-bolt while being inserted inside the handle and is locked in place by the first latch-bolt after the magazine-battery is almost completely inside the handle and the first latch-bolt is positively engaged by a non-inclined surface of the protrusion.
17- The power-tool of claim 16, wherein the battery release switch, upon activation, moves the linkage, which includes a wedge that pushes back the first latch-bolt toward the handle wall and disengages the first latch-bolt from the magazine-battery protrusion and releases the magazine-battery.
18- The power-tool of claim 16, wherein the battery release switch, upon activation, moves the wedge by a cable.
19- The power-tool of claim 18, wherein the linkage also includes a second latch-bolt that has linear movement and falls into a cavity of the battery-pack upon attaching the battery-pack to the power-tool handle, and locks the battery-pack to the handle, and wherein the second latch-bolt retracts and releases the battery-pack from the handle upon activation of the battery release switch.
20- The power-tool of claim 11, wherein the power-tool handle includes multi-directional connectors that are designed to mechanically engage with and electrically connect to magazine-battery connectors that approach the multi-directional connectors in a longitudinal direction of the handle or connect to battery-pack connectors that approach the multi-directional connectors in a latitudinal direction of the handle.