Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9899645-B2
Application number	US-201715677109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2010
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A battery pack may include a drainage device provided at a bottom portion of the housing case. The drainage device may include a drain hole communicating between the inside and the outside of the housing case, so that water introduced into the housing case is discharged to the outside of the housing case. The drainage device may be disposed between two of the terminal members that are connected to electrodes of the battery cells.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack configured to be able to be mounted on a tool body of an electric tool as a power source of the electric tool, the battery pack comprising:
a housing case configured as an outer cover; and
a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing case,
wherein the housing case comprises:
a box-shaped case body defining a bottom portion and having an upper opening,
an upper cover member configured to close the upper opening,
a drain hole extending from an inside to an outside of the case body, and
a foreign material-introduction restricting rib configured to prevent introduction of foreign materials into an inside of the housing case; and

wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is arranged to extend across the drain hole as viewed from an upper side from the inside of the housing case such that the drain hole is kept opened.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
the housing case has a rectangular shape in a plan view and configured to be mounted to the tool body of the electric tool such that a longitudinal direction of the housing case coincides with a mounting direction of the battery pack, and
the foreign material-introduction rib extends in a widthwise direction of the housing case.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of support ribs disposed at the bottom portion of the case body,
wherein the foreign material-introduction rib is located on an outer side of the pair of support ribs.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is positioned away from an inner end edge of the drain hole in a direction toward the inside of the housing case.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is positioned to be displaced toward the inside from a bottom surface of the housing case.

6. A battery pack configured to be able to be mounted on a tool body of an electric tool as a power source of the electric tool, the battery pack comprising:
a housing case configured as an outer cover; and
a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing case,
wherein the housing case has:
a bottom portion with a drain hole communicating between an inside and an outside of the housing case, and
a foreign material-introduction restricting rib provided in association with the drain hole and configured to prevent introduction of foreign materials into the inside of the housing case; and

wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is arranged to extend across a shape of an opening of the drain hole at a position inside of the housing case such that the drain hole is kept opened.

7. A battery pack configured to be able to be mounted on a tool body of an electric tool as a power source of the electric tool, the battery pack comprising:
a housing case configured as an outer cover; and
a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing case,
wherein the housing case comprises:
a box-shaped case body defining a bottom portion and having an upper opening,
an upper cover member configured to close the upper opening,
a drainage functioning configuration extending from an inside to an outside of the case body, and
a foreign material-introduction restricting rib configured to prevent introduction of foreign materials into an inside of the housing case; and

wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is arranged to extend across the drainage functioning configuration as viewed from an upper side from the inside of the housing case such that the drainage functioning configuration is kept opened.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the drainage functioning configuration comprises a drain hole or a drain groove.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is positioned away from an inner end edge of the drain hole such that the drain hole is kept opened.

10. The battery pack according to claim 6 , wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is positioned away from the opening of the drain hole such that the drain hole is kept opened.

11. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the foreign material-introduction restricting rib is positioned away from an inner end edge of the drainage functioning configuration such that the drainage functioning configuration is kept opened.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Hayashi Hidekazu
• Kondo Eiji
• Ogura Hironori
• Taga Hideyuki
• Ogino Kazutoshi

Classifications

• H01M50/60 Primary

  Arrangements or processes for filling or topping-up with liquids; Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casings · CPC title

• H01M50/296

  characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) · CPC title

• H01M50/244

  Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method · CPC title

• H01M50/213 Primary

  adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M2/1094

  Electricity · mapped topic