US 12,341,212 B2
One-handed power-tool battery ejection apparatus
Michael H Panosian, Irvine, CA (US); and Joshua M Keeler, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Michael H Panosian, Irvine, CA (US); and Joshua M Keeler, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/437,701, filed on Jan. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0234907 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B23B 45/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/262 (2021.01) [B23B 45/001 (2013.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); B23B 45/00 (2013.01); B23B 2260/024 (2013.01); B23B 2260/098 (2013.01); B25F 5/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power-tool handle for electrically and mechanically connecting to two types of battery, wherein the handle comprises:
a battery lock-and-release mechanism, including:
a first latch for locking and unlocking a first type of battery useable with the power-tool, wherein the first type of batter magazine battery which is fully and vertically inserted into the power tool handle;
a second latch for locking and unlocking a second type of battery useable with the power-tool, wherein the second type of battery is a horizontally slidable battery pack which remains fully outside the power handle; and
wherein both types of battery connect to same set of connectors.