US 11,901,527 B2
Battery packs for battery-powered appliances and connection system for same
Glen R. Chartier, Avon Lake, OH (US); Seth B. Bullock, Cleveland, OH (US); Billy Odon M. Yrad, Elyria, OH (US); Alex J. Wall, St. Louis, MO (US); Tony Le, St. Charles, MO (US); and Scott Kruepke, Valley City, OH (US)
Assigned to Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,784, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0021040 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/488 (2013.01) [A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
a housing having a main body and a handle extending from the main body, the handle defining an aperture sized and shaped to receive one or more of a user's fingers therein;
at least one battery cell enclosed within the housing;
a printed circuit board (PCBA) enclosed within the housing;
a gauge located on an outer surface of the handle and electrically connected to the PCBA, wherein the gauge includes at least one light; and
a single actuator attached to the handle, wherein actuation of the actuator activates the gauge to illuminate the at least one light to indicate a charge level of the at least one battery cell.