Power adapter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12308587-B2
Application number	US-202318190379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2023
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

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. A power box for use with an adapter assembly, the power box comprising:
a housing containing internal components configured to receive an alternating current and to output a direct current, wherein the housing includes a storage portion configured to receive an adapter, the storage portion defining a recessed cavity that has an open end proximate the 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; and
a foot projecting from the housing and having a first height;
wherein the housing is spaced apart from a support surface by the first height.

2. The power box of claim 1 , wherein the foot is one of a plurality of feet projecting from the housing, each of the plurality of feet having the first height.

3. The power box of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of feet includes a first elongate foot extending along one side of the housing and a second elongate foot extending along a second side of the housing.

4. The power box of claim 2 , wherein one of the plurality of feet is positioned proximate each of four corners of the housing.

5. The power box of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an intake opening and an exhaust opening, the intake opening and the exhaust opening being positioned on opposite sides of the housing.

6. The power box of claim 5 , wherein the intake opening is spaced apart from the support surface by a second height, and the exhaust opening is spaced apart from the support surface by a third height that is different than the second height.

7. The power box of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a first cord wrap configured to receive a first wound cord and a second cord wrap configured to receive a second wound cord, the first cord wrap and the second cord wrap being positioned on opposite sides of the housing.

8. A power box for use with an adapter assembly, the power box comprising:
a housing defining a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, the housing containing internal components configured to receive an alternating current and to output a direct current, wherein the housing includes a storage portion configured to receive an adapter, the storage portion defining a recessed cavity that has an open end proximate the 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; and
a foot projecting from the bottom side of the housing and extending longitudinally between the first end to the second end, the foot configured to support the housing atop a support surface;
wherein the foot spaces the bottom side from the support surface by a first height.

9. The power box of claim 8 , wherein the housing further defines a first lateral side opposite a second lateral side, and wherein the foot is a first foot located at the first lateral side, and wherein the power box further includes a second foot located at the second lateral side and projecting from the bottom side, the second foot extending longitudinally between the first end to the second end.

10. The power box of claim 8 , further including a cord wrap.

11. The power box of claim 10 , wherein the housing further defines opposite lateral sides, and wherein the cord wrap includes a first cord wrap and a second cord wrap located at the opposite lateral sides.

12. The power box of claim 8 , wherein the housing includes an intake opening located at the first end and an exhaust opening located at the second end, and wherein the housing defines an airflow path that extends from the intake opening to the exhaust opening.

13. The power box of claim 8 , further including a power inlet located at the first end and configured to electrically connect the power box to a source of the alternating current.

14. A power box for use with an adapter assembly, the power box comprising:
internal components configured to receive an alternating current and to output a direct current; and
a housing containing the internal components, the housing including:
a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and opposite lateral sides,
a cord wrap located at one of the lateral sides, and
a storage portion located in the top side, the storage portion configured to receive an adapter of the adapter assembly, the storage portion defining a recessed cavity that has an open end proximate the 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, and
an intake opening located at the first end and an exhaust opening located at the second end,

wherein the housing defines an airflow path that extends from the intake opening to the exhaust opening.

15. The power box of claim 14 , further including a power inlet located at the first end and configured to electrically connect the power box to a source of the alternating current.

16. The power box of claim 15 , further including a handle protruding from the first end.

17. The power box of claim 14 , further including a foot projecting from the bottom side of the housing and extending longitudinally from the first end to the second end, the foot configured to support the housing atop a support surface and space the bottom side apart from the support surface by a first height.

18. The power box of claim 17 , wherein the foot is a first foot located at one of the lateral sides, and wherein the power box further includes a second foot located at another of the lateral sides and projecting from the bottom side, the second foot extending longitudinally between the first end to the second end.

Assignees

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H01R27/02

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

• H01R13/447

  Shutter or cover plate · CPC title

• H01R24/68

  mounted on directly pluggable apparatus · CPC title

• H01R13/72

  Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder · CPC title

• H01R31/065 Primary

  with built-in electric apparatus · CPC title