Adapter and power tool system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11309726-B2
Application number	US-202017120148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

An adapter comprises an input port being coupleable with a single-voltage output interface of a single-voltage battery pack or a multi-voltage output interface of a multi-voltage battery pack, an output port electrically connected to the input port and being coupleable with a single-voltage input interface of a first power tool or a multi-voltage input interface of a second power tool, a switching mechanism being switchable between a first state and a second state. When the switching mechanism is in the first state, the input port is coupled with the single-voltage output interface and the output port is coupled with the multi-voltage input interface of the second power tool, when the switching mechanism is in the second state, the input port is coupled with the multi-voltage output interface and the output port is coupled with the single-voltage input interface of the first power tool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter, comprising:
an input port being coupleable with a single-voltage output interface of a single-voltage battery pack or a multi-voltage output interface of a multi-voltage battery pack;
an output port electrically connected with the input port and being coupleable with a single-voltage input interface of a first power tool or a multi-voltage input interface of a second power tool, the single-voltage output interface of the single-voltage battery pack being coupleable to the single-voltage input interface of the first power tool and not coupleable to the multi-voltage input interface of the second power tool, the multi-voltage output interface of the multi-voltage battery pack being coupleable to the multi-voltage input interface of the second power tool and not coupleable to the single-voltage input interface of the first power tool;
a switching mechanism being switchable between a first state and a second state;
a housing for accommodating the input port, the output port and the switching mechanism;

wherein when the input port is coupled with the single-voltage output interface of the single-voltage battery pack and the switching mechanism is in the first state, the second power tool can be coupled to the output port and powered by the single-voltage battery pack, and when the input port is coupled with the multi-voltage output interface of the multi-voltage battery pack and the switching mechanism is in the second state, the first power tool can be coupled to the output port and powered by the multi-voltage battery pack.

2. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the input port comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a third input terminal and a fourth input terminal which are arranged in sequence.

3. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a base, and an elastic element engaged with the base, and a connecting terminal arranged on the base; when the elastic element is elastically deformed, the connecting terminal is electrically disconnected from the second input terminal and the third input terminal; when the elastic element resets, the connecting terminal is electrically connected with the second input terminal and the third input terminal.

4. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a base, an elastic element engaged with the base and a plurality of connecting terminals arranged on the base; the connecting terminals comprise a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal; when the elastic element is elastically deformed, the first connecting terminal is electrically disconnected from the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and the second connecting terminal is electrically disconnected from the third input terminal and the fourth input terminal; when the elastic element resets, the first connecting terminal is electrically connected with the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and the second connecting terminal is electrically connected with the third input terminal and the fourth input terminal.

5. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a base, an elastic element engaged with the base, and a connecting terminal or a plurality of connecting terminals for engaging with the input port, when the elastic element is elastically deformed, the base moves along a mating direction of the input port and the single-voltage output interface or along a vertical direction.

6. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a button partially positioned outside the housing and a switching terminal mounted on the button and engaged with the input terminal group;
when the button is pressed, the switching terminal engages with the second input terminal and the third input terminal under an action of the button so that the second input terminal and the third input terminal are electrically connected.

7. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a button partially positioned outside the housing and a plurality of switching terminal which is arranged on the button and engaged with the input terminal group; the switching terminals comprise a first switching terminal and a second switching terminal; when the button is pressed, the first switching terminal engages with the first input terminal and the second input terminal under an action of the button so that the first input terminal and the second input terminal are electrically connected, and the second switching terminal engages with the third input terminal and the fourth input terminal under an action of the button so that the third input terminal and the fourth input terminal are electrically connected.

8. An adapter as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the switching mechanism comprises a button partially positioned outside the housing, and a switching terminal or a plurality of switching terminals for engaging with the input terminal group, the button moves along the mating direction of the input port and the multi-voltage output interface or along a vertical direction.

9. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the second input terminal is provided with a second contact terminal on an end thereof away from the single-voltage output interface or the multi-voltage output interface; the third input terminal is provided with a third contact terminal on an end thereof away from the single-voltage output interface or the multi-voltage output interface; the switching mechanism is provided with an abdicating groove; the second contact terminal elastically engages with the third contact terminal by the abdicating groove and makes the second input terminal and the third input terminal be electrically connected.

10. The adapter according to claim 9 , wherein the switching mechanism is also provided with a first abutting portion; when the first abutting portion is located between the second contact terminal and the third contact terminal, the second contact terminal elastically contacts against the first input terminal, and the third contact terminal elastically engages with the fourth input terminal.

11. The adapter according to claim 9 , wherein the switching mechanism is also provided with a second abutting portion; when the second abutting portion is located between the second contact terminal and the third contact terminal, the second contact terminal is electrically disconnected from the first input terminal and the third input terminal, and the third contact terminal is electrically disconnected from the second input terminal and the fourth input terminal.

12. An adapter according to claim 9 , wherein the switching mechanism moves along a vertical direction or a mating direction of the input port and the single-voltage output interface.

13. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the input port comprises a fixedly arranged input terminal group and a movably arranged input signal terminal; when the input port mates with the single-voltage output interface, the input terminal group is inserted into the single-voltage output interface, and the input signal terminal partially enters the adapter so that the input signal terminal is electrically disconnected from the single-voltage output interface; when the input port mates with the multi-voltage output interface, the input terminal group and the input signal terminal are inserted into the multi-voltage output interface.

14. The adapter according to claim 13 , wherein the input terminal group comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a third input terminal and a fourth input ter

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Lei
• Guo Xinzhong
• Yan An

Classifications

• H02J7/855

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/731 Primary

  specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25F1/00 Primary

  Combination or multi-purpose hand tools (associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; {combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214}) · CPC title

• H01R31/06

  Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94) · CPC title

• B25F5/00

  Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for · CPC title