Power adapter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11616331-B2
Application number	US-201916386452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2019
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

An adapter assembly including a power box that has a housing containing internal components, a longitudinal axis and a storage portion. The adapter assembly also includes a first cord coupled to and extending from the housing, an adapter including an engagement portion that is removably coupled to the storage portion of the housing and that selectively engages a power source-receiving portion of a tool, and a second cord having a first end coupled to the adapter and a second end coupled to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter assembly comprising:
a power box including a housing containing internal components, the housing having a longitudinal axis and a storage portion;
a first cord coupled to and extending from the housing;
an adapter including an engagement portion configured to removably couple to the storage portion of the housing, the engagement portion being further configured to selectively engage a power source-receiving portion of a tool; and
a second cord having a first end coupled to the adapter and a second end coupled to the housing.

2. The adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the storage portion includes a recessed cavity that has an open end proximate a first end of the housing, a closed end opposite the open end, a pair of rails extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the recessed cavity, and a pair of grooves extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the recessed cavity.

3. The adapter assembly of claim 2 , wherein the engagement portion includes a first face, a second face, adapter terminals positioned on the first face, a pair of adapter rails extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the engagement portion between the first face and the second face, and a pair of grooves extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the engagement portion between the first face and the second face.

4. The adapter assembly of claim 3 , wherein the pair of rails of the engagement portion engage the pair of grooves of the recessed cavity and the pair of rails of the recessed cavity engage the pair of grooves of the engagement portion.

5. The adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a first cord wrap and a second cord wrap, one of the first and second cords being windable about one of the first and second cord wraps and the other of the first and second cords being windable about the other of the first and second cord wraps.

6. The adapter assembly of claim 5 , wherein the first cord wrap and the second cord wrap are on opposite sides of the housing.

7. The adapter assembly of claim 5 , wherein each of the first and second cord wraps each include a first hook spaced apart from a second hook, the first and second hooks projecting outwardly laterally from the housing.

8. The adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing is spaced apart from a support surface by one or more feet.

9. The adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adapter includes a pivot joint that pivotally connects the first end of the second cord to the adapter.

10. The adapter assembly of claim 9 , wherein the pivot joint pivots about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal orientation.

11. The adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second cord has a length of at least 2 meters and a diameter of at least 10 mm.

12. The adapter assembly of claim 11 , wherein the second cord has a diameter of about 10 mm to about 13 mm.

Assignees

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp

Inventors

• Nowalis Dean
• Schwalbach David M
• Rossetto Paul
• Alves Brian

Classifications

• H01R24/68

  mounted on directly pluggable apparatus · CPC title

• H01R31/065 Primary

  with built-in electric apparatus · CPC title

• H01R27/02

  for simultaneous co-operation with two or more {dissimilar} counterparts · CPC title

• H01R13/72

  Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder · CPC title

• H01R13/447

  Shutter or cover plate · CPC title