Control apparatus for switching a battery pack
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsDaryl S. Meredith, Scott D. Price
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Abstract
A control apparatus for a battery pack having two power receptacles coupled to an electric circuit that includes a switch for selectively delivering power to the receptacles. The control apparatus includes (1) a structure for retaining the receptacles a predetermined distance apart; (2) a cover moveable on the retaining structure so as to selectively expose a selected one of the receptacles while simultaneously covering the nonselected one; and (3) a protuberance coupled to the cover for engaging the switch and translating movement of the cover into operable movement of the switch.
Claims8
A control apparatus for rendering operable a selected one of two power receptacles, the receptacles being coupled to an electric circuit that includes a switch for selectively delivering power to the receptacles, comprising:
- means for retaining the receptacles a predetermined distance apart;
- a cover moveable on said retaining means along a line intersecting both of said power receptacles so as to selectively expose the selected one of the two power receptacles while simultaneously covering the nonselected one of the receptacles;
- and
- means, coupling said cover to the switch, for translating the movement of said cover into operable movement of the switch.
A battery pack for delivering different output levels to at least two power receptacles, including a plurality of batteries and an electric circuit having a switch for controlling delivery of power from the batteries to the receptacles, the battery pack further comprising:
- means for retaining the receptacles a predetermined distance apart;
- a cover moveable on said retaining means along a line intersecting both of said power receptacles so as to selectively expose a selected one of the two power receptacles while simultaneously covering the nonselected one of the receptacles;
- and
- means, coupling said cover to the switch, for translating the movement of said cover into operable movement of the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.