US 12,394,849 B2
Power tool and battery pack for use with the same
Kyle J. Radovich, West Bend, WI (US); James P. Elfering, Antioch, IL (US); Zoe L. Hinton, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Terry L. Timmons, Oconomowoc, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,611.
Application 17/861,611 is a continuation of application No. 16/801,771, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,411,278.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,738, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344756 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/24 (2021.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/24 (2021.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack for use with a power tool, the battery pack comprising:
a housing having an internal cavity in which one or more battery cells are supported, the housing having a set of openings defined therein;
a printed circuit board supported within the housing, the one or more battery cells being in electrical communication with the printed circuit board;
battery pack contacts in electrical communication with the printed circuit board;
a terminal block supported by the printed circuit board, the battery pack contacts positioned within the terminal block and accessible via the set of openings in the housing;
a first gasket positioned between a wall of the terminal block and the housing; and
a second gasket positioned between the printed circuit board and the terminal block.