Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12355280-B2
Application number	US-202318475184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2023
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a housing, a plurality of battery sets arranged in the housing, and a power supply system. The power supply system includes a switch control circuit for controlling a series-parallel connection mode of the plurality of battery sets, a main control chip for controlling the discharge of the plurality of battery sets by the switch control circuit, a wake-up circuit for waking up the power supply system of the battery pack when the main control chip receives a wake-up signal, a self-locking circuit connected to the switch control circuit which switches to a disabled state when the self-locking circuit is triggered; and a USB circuit and an extended power output interface, connected to the plurality of battery sets for outputting power to charge external devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of battery sets, arranged in the housing; and
a power supply system, comprises:
a switch control circuit, connected to the plurality of battery sets, for controlling a series-parallel connection mode of the plurality of battery sets;
a main control chip, connected to the plurality of battery sets and the switch control circuit, for controlling the discharge of the plurality of battery sets by the switch control circuit;
a wake-up circuit, connected to the main control chip for waking up the power supply system of the battery pack when the main control chip receives a wake-up signal;
a self-locking circuit, connected to the switch control circuit, wherein the switch control circuit switches to a disabled state when the self-locking circuit is triggered; and
a USB circuit and an extended power output interface, connected to the plurality of battery sets for outputting power to charge external devices.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of battery sets comprises a first battery set and a second battery set, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in series or in parallel in a manner controlled by the switch control circuit.

3. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the switch control circuit comprises a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in parallel with each other when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be closed and the third switch to be open, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in series with each other when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be open and the third switch to be closed.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of battery sets comprises a first battery set and a second battery set, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in series or parallel in relation to each other controlled by a contact tab of an electric tool to which the battery pack is connected.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided with a cover plate for covering the extended power output interface, the cover plate being slidably provided to expose or cover the extended power output interface.

6. The battery pack according to claim 5 , wherein the wake-up circuit comprises a microswitch wake-up circuit, the microswitch wake-up circuit comprising a microswitch, the microswitch being triggered when the extended power output interface is exposed and the power supply system of the battery pack being awakened.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the wake-up circuit is a buttoned wake-up circuit, the buttoned wake-up circuit comprises a button provided on the housing, and the power supply system of the battery pack is woken up after the button is pressed.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein when a voltage of the battery pack is lower than a certain value, the main control chip disables the USB circuit in order to stop charging the external device and controls the power supply system of the battery pack to shut down.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the extended power output interface comprises a Mini USB interface or a Micro USB interface or a Type series interface.

10. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein when the battery pack is connected to an electric tool, the self-locking circuit is triggered and the switch control circuit is switched to a disabled state.

11. A battery pack, comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of battery sets, arranged in the housing, and the plurality of battery sets being switchable in a series-parallel connection method; and
a power supply system, comprises:
a switch control circuit, configured to be connected to the plurality of battery sets, for controlling the series-parallel connection method of the plurality of battery sets, a main control chip, connected to the plurality of battery sets and the switch control circuit, for controlling the plurality of battery sets to be discharged via the switch control circuit, and
an extended power output interface, connected to the plurality of battery sets, for outputting power to charge an external device;

wherein, when the battery pack is connected to an electric tool, the plurality of battery sets is connected in series or parallel in a locked manner and the switch control circuit is disconnected from the main control chip.

12. The battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of battery sets comprises a first battery set and a second battery set, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in series or in parallel in a manner controlled by the switch control circuit.

13. The battery pack according to claim 12 , wherein the switch control circuit comprise a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in parallel with each other when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be closed and the third switch to be open, the first battery set and the second battery set being connected in series with each other when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be open and the third switch to be closed.

14. The battery pack according to claim 11 , further comprising a wake-up circuit, connected to the main control chip, to wake up the power supply system of the battery pack when the main control chip receives a wake-up signal.

15. The battery pack according to claim 14 , wherein the wake-up circuit is a buttoned wake-up circuit, the buttoned wake-up circuit comprises a button provided on the housing, the button being electrically connected to the main control chip, and upon pressing the button, the power supply system of the battery pack is awakened.

16. The battery pack according to claim 14 , wherein the wake-up circuit comprises a microswitch wake-up circuit, the microswitch wake-up circuit comprises a microswitch, when the microswitch is triggered, the power supply system of the battery pack is awakened.

17. The battery pack according to claim 16 , wherein the housing is provided with a cover plate for covering the extended power output interface, the cover plate being slidably provided to expose or cover the extended power output interface, and when the extended power output interface is exposed, the microswitch is triggered and the power supply system of the battery pack is awakened.

18. The battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the extended power output interface comprises a Mini USB interface or a Micro USB interface or a Type series interface.

19. The battery pack according to claim 11 , further comprising a self-locking circuit, coupled to the switch control circuit, for causing the switch control circuit to be disabled when the battery pack is connected to the electric tool.

20. A battery pack, comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of battery sets, arranged in the housing, and the plurality of battery sets being switchable in a series-parallel connection mode;
a main control chip, connected to the plurality of battery sets and for controlling the series-parallel connection mode of the plurality of battery sets; and
an extended power output interface, connected to the plurality of battery sets and for outputting power from the plu

Assignees

• Greenworks Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Huage
• Lu Chuntao
• Zhuang xian
• Li Baoan

Classifications

• H02J7/855

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

• H02J7/751

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

• H02J7/90

  Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage · CPC title

• H02J7/56 Primary

  Active balancing, e.g. using capacitor-based, inductor-based or DC-DC converters · CPC title

• H02J7/575 Primary

  Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit · CPC title