US 11,742,771 B2
Portable power source
Gareth Mueckl, Milwaukee, WI (US); Dean W. Nowalis, Franklin, WI (US); Jay J. Rosenbecker, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Benjamin Tesch, Milwaukee, WI (US); Michael A. Matthews, Milwaukee, WI (US); Amanda M. Kachar, West Allis, WI (US); and Dalton F. Hansen, Whitefish Bay, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/688,502.
Application 17/688,502 is a continuation of application No. 16/411,291, filed on May 14, 2019, granted, now 11,271,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,716, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190613 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/574 (2021.01)
CPC H02M 7/003 (2013.01) [H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/488 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/00304 (2020.01); H02J 7/00309 (2020.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01); H05K 5/023 (2013.01); H01M 50/574 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable power source comprising:
a housing;
a first battery pack support configured to receive a first removable and rechargeable battery pack;
a second battery pack support configured to receive a second removable and rechargeable battery pack;
a first handle support member;
a second handle support member;
a handle including an open position and a closed position, the first removable and rechargeable battery pack is able to be removed from the first battery pack support when the handle is in the closed position, and the first removable and rechargeable battery pack is prevented from being removed from the first battery pack support when the handle is in the open position;
an inverter within the housing, the inverter configured to receive output power from the first removable and rechargeable battery pack and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack, the inverter configured to produce an alternating current power output; and
an alternating current power outlet configured to receive the alternating current power output from the inverter,
wherein the inverter is configured to be disabled when the first removable and rechargeable battery pack is received in the first battery pack support and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack is not received in the second battery pack support.