Black Decker Inc.

Ryan Klee

Daniel Joseph White

Matthew J Velderman

Michael Varipatis

Daniel Fitzgerald

Andrew E Seman, Jr

Gabriel E Concari

Michael Kenneth Forster

John Charles Vanko

Bhanuprasad V Gorti

Michael W Roberts

Nathan J Cruise

John D Cox

Brian E Friedman

Tal Gottesman

Nathan J Osborne

Nicholas J Garibaldi

Abhisheka Moturu

Christopher R Held

Philip Gilde

Gene Stidham

William T Lunsford, V

Alfred M Irungu

Daniel P Fitzgerald

Michael Roberts

A battery pack and transport coupler for enabling the battery pack to reduce the pack power capacity. The battery pack include at least two strings of battery cells and a coupler provided at least partially inside the housing. The coupler is moveable between a first position, which causes the string of battery cells to be electrically connected inside the housing, and a second position, which causes the strings of battery cells to be electrically disconnected inside the housing.

Transport system for battery pack

The present disclosure is directed to an encapsulated printed circuit board populated with a variety of components and a method of encapsulating a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is partially encapsulated with a low pressure molded material to form at least a portion of a potting boat. The potting boat is filled with an encapsulating material.

Encapsulated printed circuit board and a method of encapsulating a printed circuit board

A battery pack and transport coupler for enabling the battery pack to reduce the pack power capacity. The battery pack include a plurality of strings of battery cells and a switching network for coupling and decoupling the strings of battery cells from each other. When the plurality of strings of battery cells are coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a decoupler for decoupling the strings of battery cells and when the plurality of strings of battery cells are not coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a coupler for coupling the strings of battery cells for operation with an electronic device such as a power tool.

Transport system for convertible battery pack

Battery pack adaptor

A first battery pack that is switchable between a first configuration having a first rated output voltage that corresponds to a first power tool rated operating voltage such that the first battery pack enables operation of the first power tool, and a second configuration having a second rated output voltage that corresponds to a second power tool rated operating voltage such that the first battery pack enables operation of the second power tool.

Convertible battery pack

The present invention includes a battery pack for a cordless power tool including a plastic housing including a mechanical interface for mechanically coupling the battery pack to a corresponding mechanical interface of a cordless power tool. The mechanical interface includes a rail, a groove and a sliding surface. The battery pack also includes a bracket encased within the plastic housing wherein the bracket includes a first portion positioned within the rail of the mechanical interface.

Battery pack

The present disclosure is directed to a convertible battery pack having an improved switching circuit. The switching circuit includes a converter element having a plurality of contacts positioned in the converter element such that as the converter element slides within the battery pack the contacts move from a first position to engage a first set of contact pads to a second position to engage a second set of contact pads. The converter element includes a pair of springs for each of the plurality of contacts that force the contacts into engagement with the contact pads but also allow the contacts to adjust for imperfections in the contact pad surface or the manufacturing tolerances of the contact pads or a support board that holds the contact pads.

A power tool system includes a first power tool having a first power tool rated voltage, a second power tool having a second power tool rated voltage that is different from the first power tool rated voltage, and a first battery pack coupleable to the first power tool and to the second power tool. The first battery pack is switchable between a first configuration having a first battery pack rated voltage that corresponds to the first power tool rated voltage such that the first battery pack enables operation of the first power tool, and a second configuration having a convertible battery pack rated voltage that corresponds to the second power tool rated voltage such that the battery pack enables operation of the second power tool.

Power tool system

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Ryan Klee