Mobile power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12334577-B2
Application number	US-202217736197-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2022
Priority date	May 10, 2021
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A mobile power supply includes a frame, at least one battery pack supported by the frame, a clamp assembly coupled to the frame, and a handle removably attached to the frame. The handle has two elongate members that are spaced apart from one another and a cross-member extending between the two elongate members. The clamp assembly is configured to capture the cross-member with the handle in an operation configuration, release the cross-member to move the handle from operation configuration to a storage configuration, and capture the cross-member with the handle in the storage configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile power supply comprising:
a frame;
at least one battery pack supported by the frame;
a clamp assembly coupled to the frame;
a handle removably attached to the frame, the handle including two elongate members spaced apart from one another, and a cross-member extending between the two elongate members; and
wherein the clamp assembly is configured to capture the cross-member with the handle in an operation configuration, release the cross-member to move the handle from the operation configuration to a storage configuration, and capture the cross-member with the handle in the storage configuration.

2. The mobile power supply of claim 1 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a user engagement portion for opening the clamp assembly.

3. The mobile power supply of claim 2 , wherein actuation of the user engagement portion opens the clamp assembly against a bias.

4. The mobile power supply of claim 2 , wherein
the clamp assembly further includes a base, and
the user engagement portion moves rotatably relative to the base.

5. The mobile power supply of claim 4 , wherein the clamp assembly further includes a clamp arm pivotably connected to the base.

6. The mobile power supply of claim 5 , wherein the clamp assembly further includes an actuation finger coupled to the clamp arm and movable with the clamp arm, the actuation finger configured to be engaged by the cross-member of the handle.

7. The mobile power supply of claim 5 , wherein the clamp arm pivots away from the base in a first pivot direction and the user engagement portion moves rotatably away from the base in a second pivot direction, the second pivot direction being opposite the first pivot direction.

8. The mobile power supply of claim 1 , further comprising two mounts coupled to the frame, the two mounts spaced relative to one another and configured to removably couple the two elongate members to the frame.

9. The mobile power supply of claim 8 , wherein the two mounts include two female passages, each female passage configured to removably receive an end of a respective one of the two elongate members of the handle.

10. The mobile power supply of claim 1 , wherein the handle further includes a gripping portion, the gripping portion being closer to the frame with the handle in the storage configuration than with the handle in the operation configuration.

11. The mobile power supply of claim 1 , further comprising at least one wheel coupled to the frame.

12. A mobile power supply comprising:
a frame;
at least one battery pack supported by the frame;
a clamp assembly including a base coupled to the frame;
a handle positionable in an operation configuration and a storage configuration relative to the frame, the handle including a cross-member;
wherein the clamp assembly is configured to removably capture the cross-member of the handle with the handle in each of the operation configuration and the storage configuration; and
wherein the handle must be completely removed from the clamp assembly in order to move from the storage configuration to the operation configuration.

13. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , further comprising
two mounts coupled to the frame; and
wherein the handle includes two elongate members, each elongate member configured to be received in a corresponding one of the two mounts with the handle in the operation configuration.

14. The mobile power supply of claim 13 , wherein the elongate members can be removed from the mounts only if the cross-member of the handle is completely removed from the clamp assembly.

15. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , wherein the handle is in a horizontal orientation in the storage configuration.

16. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , wherein the handle is in an upright orientation in the operation configuration.

17. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , wherein a height of the mobile power supply is greater with the handle in the operation configuration than in the storage configuration.

18. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , wherein the handle includes two elongate members, each elongate member being perpendicular to the cross-member.

19. The mobile power supply of claim 12 , wherein the handle includes a gripping portion, the gripping portion being parallel to the cross-member.

Assignees

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp

Inventors

• Krutikova Maria
• Karbin Max
• Graykowski Anthony

Classifications

• B62B5/064

  adaptable for different users, e.g. by means of pivoting elements · CPC title

• B62B5/067

  Stowable or retractable handle bars · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• H01M50/247 Primary

  specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers · CPC title

• H01M50/262

  with fastening means, e.g. locks · CPC title