	US 11,699,870 B2
	Spring contact on a rechargeable battery
Ralf Meixner, Germaringen (DE); and Johannes Stempfhuber, Utting am Ammersee (DE)
Assigned to Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
Filed by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,083.
Application 17/680,083 is a continuation of application No. 16/606,512, granted, now 11,289,842, previously published as PCT/EP2018/059656, filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17167447 (EP), filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0181813 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 24/00 (2011.01); H01R 13/15 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 24/68 (2011.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01)

CPC H01R 13/15 (2013.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H01R 13/112 (2013.01); H01R 24/68 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A power tool comprising: a receiving device having at least one receiving element; a power supply unit connectable to the power tool and including a connecting device, the connecting device having at least one contact element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the at least one receiving element and the at least one contact element are connectable to each other to establish an electrical connection; and a damping element on the at least one contact element or the at least one receiving element to counteract a relative movement between the contact element and the respective receiving element when the contact element and the receiving element are connected to each other.