US 11,667,026 B2
Battery pack with lanyard receiver and tether with quick attachment
Benjamin T. Jones, St. Francis, WI (US); Grant T. Squiers, Cudahy, WI (US); Emelie E. Troedson, New Berlin, WI (US); Christopher S. Hoppe, Milwaukee, WI (US); Steven W. Hyma, Milwaukee, WI (US); Kyle Reeder, Waukesha, WI (US); and Anthony S. Graykowski, Belgium, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/828,519.
Application 16/828,519 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/052466, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/726,751, filed on Sep. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/671,141, filed on May 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/562,763, filed on Sep. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0227695 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01)
CPC B25F 5/02 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool battery, comprising:
a housing comprising:
an upper housing;
a lower housing, the lower housing configured to be coupled to the upper housing, wherein interior surfaces at the lower housing and upper housing define a cavity when the lower housing and upper housing are coupled together;
a battery cell located in the cavity;
a vertical axis through a midpoint of the housing;
a horizontal axis through a midpoint of the housing;
a plane containing both the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, the plane dividing the housing into a first side and a second side;
a tool receiver including an electrical contact, the electrical contact located entirely on the first side of the housing, the tool receiver configured to receive a tool power by the battery; and
a tether receiver formed on the battery and located entirely on the second side opposite the tool receiver;
wherein the tether receiver comprises an upper portion integrally formed and contiguous with the upper housing and a lower portion integrally formed and contiguous with the lower housing, wherein the upper portion of the tether receiver is coupled to the lower portion of the tether receiver when the upper portion of the housing is coupled to the lower portion of the housing.