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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2017
Makita Corporation, Anjo-Shi, JP;
Shuji Yoshikawa, Anjo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagahama, Anjo, JP;
Nobuyasu Furui, Anjo, JP;
Hitoshi Suzuki, Anjo, JP;
Masaaki Fukumoto, Anjo, JP;
Takuya Umemura, Anjo, JP;
Kosuke Ito, Anjo, JP;
MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A charger for a hand-held power tool includes a power source interface, a charger base and a charging cradle rotatably supported on the charger base. The rotatable charging cradle includes at least two charging output terminals electrically connected to the power source interface. A power tool system includes the charger and the hand-held power tool. A method of charging the power tool system includes contacting charging input terminals of the power tool with the charging output terminals, rotating the charging cradle and the power tool relative to the charging base and supplying charging current to at least one battery cell while the charging cradle and the power tool are allowed to freely swing relative to the charging base.