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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Nathan J. Cruise, Phoenix, MD (US);
Daniel J. White, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert J. Marcinkowski, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Geoffrey S. Howard, Columbia, MD (US);
Alexis W. Johnson, Warren, PA (US);
Nathan J. Osborne, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael W. Roberts, York, PA (US);
Steven J. Phillips, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michelle L. Bowers, Westminster, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
It is common for a power tool system from a manufacturer to include a battery pack that is designed and configured to mate and operate with at least one power tool and a battery charger. However, as systems have evolved it has become desirable to provide a battery pack that is designed and configured to mate and operate with at least one power tool and a first battery charger but not a second battery charger. The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, a terminal block, a plurality of terminals, and a mechanical lockout for allowing engagement with a power tool and a first battery charger while preventing engagement with a second battery charger.