US 12,230,824 B2
Power tool system
Nicholas J. Garibaldi, Bel Air, MD (US); Luke R. Barton, Pontiac, MI (US); Abhisheka Moturu, Pikesville, MD (US); Timothy Hennesy, Baltimore, MD (US); Michael W. Roberts, Red Lion, PA (US); Jason Dunthorn, Baltimore, MD (US); John Palermo, Baltimore, MD (US); Steven Derby, Towson, MD (US); and Mahmudul Bhuiyan, Towson, MD (US)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/424,160
Filed by BLACK & DECKER, INC., New Britain, CT (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/000960
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181125, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,884, filed on Aug. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328924 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/247 (2021.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/247 (2021.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool system, comprising:
a power tool having a receptacle for receiving a battery pack, the receptacle including a slot having a first slot dimension;
a first battery pack having a battery pack housing having a first battery pack housing width dimension and a portion of a bottom wall of the first battery pack housing having a first battery pack bottom wall dimension parallel to the first battery pack housing width dimension equal to the first slot dimension, the portion of the bottom wall of the first battery pack is received in the slot when the first battery pack is inserted into the battery pack receptacle; and
a second battery pack having a battery pack housing having a second battery pack housing width dimension that is greater than the first battery pack housing width dimension and a portion of a bottom wall of the second battery pack housing having a second battery pack bottom wall dimension parallel to the second battery pack housing width dimension equal to the first slot dimension, the portion of the bottom wall of the second battery pack is received in the slot when the second battery pack is inserted into the battery pack receptacle.