BATTERY PACK INTERFACE

• Main Authors: Carlson, Mitchell, Schwalbach, David M, Schulz, Cameron R, Marx, John G, Rossetto, Paul, Radovich, Kyle J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.05.2023
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BORING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CURRENT COLLECTORS; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; HAND TOOLS; LINE CONNECTORS; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; TURNING

An interface for a battery pack and an electrical combination. The interface may include a battery-receiving portion configured to receive a battery pack and including a cavity. The cavity is defined by a pair of sidewalls with rails defining a groove between the rails and a lower surface of the cavity. The rails are stepped or angled along a battery insertion axis and are configured to guide the sliding engagement of a battery pack within the battery-receiving portion.