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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Luke R. Barton, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Nathan J. Cruise, Phoenix, MD (US);
Abhisheka Moturu, Pikesville, MD (US);
Dustin Jefferies, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christine H. Potter, Phoenix, MD (US);
Michael W. Roberts, Red Lion, PA (US);
Michael Varipatis, Fallston, MD (US);
Fugen Qin, Timonium, MD (US);
Daniel J. Albrecht, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael J. Aronoff, Baltimore, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
This application relates to a power tool system including a plurality of power tools, a plurality of battery packs and at least one battery pack charger and method for operating the power tools with the battery packs. This application also relates to a method for charging the battery packs and a method for monitoring a state of charge of the battery pack. In one implementation, the system includes an existing battery pack designed to provide (output) a relatively low voltage, an existing power tool designed to operate at the relatively low voltage, a new battery pack designed to provide (output) the relatively low voltage and a relatively high voltage, and a new power tool designed to operate at the relatively high voltage.