US 12,214,480 B2
Power tool
Agustin Monroy Aripez, Santa Veronica (MX); and Balazs Nagy, Roselle, IL (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/249,436
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/077098
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/089873, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,470, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415326 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01)
CPC B25F 5/02 (2013.01) [H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool, comprising:
a housing, the housing defining in part a battery pack attachment area, the battery pack attachment area including
a battery pack insertion opening,
an end portion opposite from the battery pack insertion opening in a battery pack insertion direction and extending transversely to the battery pack insertion direction,
battery pack guide sections defined at least in part by the housing and extending parallel to the battery pack insertion direction between the battery pack insertion opening and the end portion and that are spaced apart from each other, and
an insert, the insert having at least a base segment extending along the end portion and including at least one first contact surface configured to be contacted by a forward portion of an inserted battery pack.