US 12,348,066 B2
Charger with battery pack cooling fan
Ece Polat, Greenville, SC (US); Adam Zwilling, Pendleton, SC (US); Nicolas James Hanks, Anderson, SC (US); Shiyi Zhang, Anderson, SC (US); Krishna Sai Teja Kalavala, Greenville, SC (US); and John Robert Lyons, Piedmont, SC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,798.
Prior Publication US 2024/0136836 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0235226 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0045 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charger comprising:
a vertical section including a first surface, the first surface facing a front direction and including an attachment portion configured to a receive a battery pack, the battery pack including a first side configured to be received by the attachment portion and a second side opposite the first side;
a horizontal section configured to protrude, in the front direction, from a bottom portion of the vertical section;
a second surface disposed on the horizontal section, the second surface facing an upward direction; and
a fan disposed proximate the second surface, the fan configured to cool the battery pack, wherein an entirety of the fan is configured to overlap the first side of the battery pack in the upward direction such that the fan exhausts air on and around the first side to the second side.