US 12,424,861 B2
Charging apparatus for a rechargeable battery pack
Jan Koegel, Zusmarshausen (DE); Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Stuttgart (DE); Maria Poess, Sindelfingen (DE); Martin Gonda, Buehl (DE); Oliver Klee, Aidlingen (DE); and Thorsten Seidel, Remseck (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/688,240.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 203 224.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320882 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)
CPC H02J 7/0045 (2013.01) [H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging apparatus for a rechargeable battery pack, comprising:
a housing;
a first rechargeable battery interface configured to releasably connect the charging apparatus to a first rechargeable battery pack along a first connection direction; and
a second rechargeable battery interface configured to releasably connect the charging apparatus to a second rechargeable battery pack along a second connection direction, wherein
the connection directions intersect the first rechargeable battery pack when the first rechargeable battery pack is releasably connected to the at least one first rechargeable battery interface,
the connection directions intersect the second rechargeable battery pack when the second rechargeable battery pack is releasably connected to the second rechargeable battery interface,
the first connection direction and the second connection direction are arranged crossing one another,
the first rechargeable battery interface has a slide surface that extends along the first connection direction, the slide surface of the first rechargeable battery interface has a rechargeable battery receiving orifice that is allocated to the second rechargeable battery interface, and the sliding surface is configured such that the orifice is completely covered by the first rechargeable battery pack when the first rechargeable battery pack is releasably connected to the at least one first rechargeable battery interface.