US 12,357,117 B2
Electric kettle and power supply unit
Atsushi Hori, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,605.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-174758 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117435 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 27/21 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/21166 (2013.01) [A47J 27/2105 (2013.01); A47J 31/4421 (2013.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric kettle, comprising:
a kettle body having a power receiving connection terminal configured to receive power from an external power source, and a heating part configured to heat liquid contained in the kettle body by the power the power receiving connection terminal receives; and
a power supply unit configured such that the kettle body is placed thereon, and configured to supply power to the kettle body,
the power supply unit including:
a plate part that includes a wall and a base, the wall extending orthogonally from the base such that the plate part defines a first surface of the wall and the base and a second surface of the wall and the base opposing the first surface of the wall and the base;
a power supply base that is arranged on a side of the first surface of the plate part and configured such that the kettle body is placed on top thereof, the power supply base having a power supply connection terminal that is configured to be electrically removably connected to the power receiving connection terminal; and
a mounting unit that is arranged on a side of the second surface of the plate part and configured such that a battery pack is removably coupled thereto as the external power source for supplying power to the heating part via the power supply connection terminal and the power receiving connection terminal, wherein:
the plate part is connected to the power supply base,
the wall is offset from a rear edge of the base such that the wall divides the base into a first region that accommodates the kettle body and a second region that accommodates the power supply unit, and
the mounting unit is arranged on the second surface of the wall and the base.