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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. 30, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Daniel Jay Becker, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
William M. Ball, Jr., Stockton, NJ (US);
Gil Holtzman, Harleysville, PA (US);
Warren Andrew Seith, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Jay Becker, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
William M. Ball, Jr., Stockton, NJ (US);
Gil Holtzman, Harleysville, PA (US);
Warren Andrew Seith, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll Rand Company, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cordless power tool battery pack including an onboard circuit configured to electronically communicate with an associated battery charging system. The onboard circuit communicates information relating to the batter pack to a microprocessor or the like within the battery charging system and charging of the battery pack is controlled based on such communication.