Charger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10840717-B2
Application number	US-201815869779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Jun 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A pair of right and left fixing holes and a pair of strap attachment holes are provided on a rear surface of a main body housing at a position which does not protrude from a side area S in a planar view. A bottom edge portion of an upper recessed portion is provided above the fixing hole to cover each of the right and left fixing holes, the strap attachment holes are provided to be coaxial with the bottom edge portion, and it is ensured that durability and compactness of the charger are obtained.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charger comprising:
a plurality of battery attachment portions to each of which a battery pack is detachably attached;
a main body housing that includes a recessed portion on a corner of two side surfaces of the main body housing, the two side surfaces intersecting each other and the recessed portion being inwardly recessed in a side surface in a top view of the main body housing; and
a power source cord that is configured to be directly drawn out from an opening provided in the recessed portion without using a protective member for the power source cord, wherein:
at least one of the plurality of battery attachment portions is configured such that the battery pack is attached to and detached from the corresponding battery attachment portion in an oblique direction with respect to a horizontal direction by a sliding operation of the battery pack along a top surface of the corresponding battery attachment portion; and
the recessed portion is opened upwards in a height direction of the main body housing, thereby enabling the power source cord that is configured to be directly drawn out from the opening of the recessed portion to extend upwards in the height direction of the main body housing when both of the two side surfaces of the main body housing are brought into contact with wall surfaces.

2. The charger according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is provided over an entire area in the height direction of the main body housing, the recessed portion being opened both upwards and downwards in the height direction.

3. The charger according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of battery attachment portions is configured such that a terminal cover for covering a connection terminal provided on each of the plurality of battery attachment portions is detachably attached to the corresponding battery attachment portion.

4. The charger according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is used for an electric power tool.

5. The charger according to claim 3 , wherein the battery pack is used for an electric power tool.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Taga Hideyuki
• Tabuchi Yasuhiro
• Nagasaka Hidenori
• Kokawa Kiyozumi
• Okuda Shinsuke

Classifications

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J7/751

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/70 Primary

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H01M10/46 Primary

  Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title