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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Geoffrey S. Howard, Columbia, MD (US);
Nathanael A. Mackley, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Vickie J. Mead, Suzhou, CN;
Brian C. Sterling, Sykesville, MD (US);
Danh T. Trinh, Towson, MD (US);
Robert A. Usselman, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Fred S. Watts, New Freedom, PA (US);
Janelle Young, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Geoffrey S. Howard, Columbia, MD (US);
Nathanael A. Mackley, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Vickie J. Mead, Suzhou, CN;
Brian C. Sterling, Sykesville, MD (US);
Danh T. Trinh, Towson, MD (US);
Robert A. Usselman, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Fred S. Watts, New Freedom, PA (US);
Janelle Young, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
The charger includes a controller, a battery power source having at least two power settings connected to the controller, a power supply connectable to an outside power source, the power supply receiving a current and voltage from the outside power source for providing power to at least one of the controller and the battery power source, and a foldback circuit for switching between two power settings depending upon at least one of the current and voltage received from the outside power source.