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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Omid Shirazi, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Nathan J. Gustafson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Matthew J. Peña, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide a modular storage for power tool devices including a charging compartment for power tool battery packs. The modular storage includes a housing, a storage compartment in the housing, and a charger compartment in the housing including a battery pack interface configured to receive a power tool battery pack. The modular storage also includes an AC input receiving universal AC power and an active power factor correction (PFC) converter receiving AC power from the AC input and configured to convert the AC power to a high-voltage DC output. The modular storage further includes a DC-DC converter electrically connected between the active PFC converter and the battery pack interface, the DC-DC converter including an active clamp flyback converter.