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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2006
Adam M. Casalena, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Daniel J. White, Baltimore, MD (US);
Steven J. Phillips, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Brent A. Kuehne, Red Lion, PA (US);
Mark M. Data, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Arvind Patel, Naperville, IL (US);
Adam M. Casalena, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Daniel J. White, Baltimore, MD (US);
Steven J. Phillips, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Brent A. Kuehne, Red Lion, PA (US);
Mark M. Data, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Arvind Patel, Naperville, IL (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A battery pack, charger, and terminal blocks for the pack, charger and a cordless power tool are provided. The pack includes battery cells disposed between end caps within a bottom housing of the pack, and a potting boat for housing pack electronics electrically connected to the cells between the end caps and disposed within a pack top housing. A pack terminal block is connected to the potting boat within the top housing. The charger and the power tool each include a terminal block for providing electrical connections between the charger/tool and the battery pack. The terminal block is configured to float side-to-side to provide displaceable movement of the terminal block within the charger housing or tool housing for aligning the battery pack terminal block therein.