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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Alexander Osswald, Stuttgart, DE;
Ursula Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Dengler, Kornwestheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A charging device () includes a charging unit () and at least one interchangeable, rechargeable energy storage unit (), in particular an interchangeable battery (), of a power tool (). Each energy storage unit () has first contact means () for contacting the corresponding power tool () and additional contact elements () for contacting the charging unit () in such a way that the charging unit () is able to charge the energy storage unit () via the additional contact elements (), both when the unit is connected to the power tool () and when it is disconnected from the power tool ().