US 11,996,526 B2
High-power battery-powered portable power source
Dalton F. Hansen, Whitefish Bay, WI (US); Duane W. Wenzel, Waukesha, WI (US); Emily C. Doberstein, San Diego, CA (US); Amanda M. Kachar, West Allis, WI (US); Dean W. Nowalis, Franklin, WI (US); and Michael A. Matthews, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,379.
Application 17/410,379 is a division of application No. 16/363,793, filed on Mar. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,114,878.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,276, filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0384737 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/576 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/46 (2013.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/488 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H02J 7/0025 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H01M 50/576 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable power source comprising:
a housing defining a battery support and a power outlet,
a circuit supported by the housing and including
an input terminal on the battery support,
an output terminal on the power outlet, and
an inverter electrically connected between the input terminal and the output terminal,
a battery power source including
a battery housing supported on the battery support,
a battery cell, and
a battery terminal connected to the battery cell and electrically connectable to the input terminal, wherein power is transferrable from the battery cell to the circuit to be output through the power outlet, and
a frame connected to the housing and extending beyond a periphery of the housing and the supported battery power source.