Battery System for a Power Tool, As Well As Battery Holder Therefor, Charger, and Charging System
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Abstract
A battery system for a power tool includes two or more battery packs (12), at least one battery holder (14) adapted to detachably engage two or more of the battery packs and a charger (16, 216, 316, 416) adapted to detachably engage the battery holder and to simultaneously electrically communicate with two or more of the battery packs while the at least one battery holder engages both the charger and the battery packs.
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63 Claims
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1-45. -45. (canceled)
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46. A power tool charging device comprising:
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a charging unit that charges a rechargeable battery of a power tool; a condition detection unit that detects condition information of the rechargeable battery; an information processing unit that receives the condition information of the rechargeable battery from the condition detection unit and outputs the received condition information of the rechargeable battery to a communication unit capable of performing near field communication with another device. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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50. A power tool charging system comprising:
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a power tool charging device that includes a charging unit that charges a rechargeable battery of a power tool, a condition detection unit that detects condition information of the rechargeable battery, and an information processing unit that receives the condition information of the rechargeable battery from the condition detection unit; and a communication unit capable of performing near field communication with another device, wherein the information processing unit outputs the received condition information of the rechargeable battery to the communication unit.
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51. A charger configured to charge a battery pack for a power tool, the charger comprising:
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at least one battery interface configured to detachably attach to the battery pack; a charging circuit configured to charge the battery pack attached to the battery interface; and a charger controller configured to acquire information related to the battery pack attached to the battery interface, wherein the charger controller is connectable to a wireless communication circuit and is configured to transmit the acquired information to an external device via the wireless communication circuit. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A charging system configured to charge a battery pack for a power tool, the system comprising:
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a charger comprising at least one battery interface configured to detachably engage the battery pack, a charging circuit configured to charge the battery pack attached to the battery interface, and a charger controller configured to acquire information related to the battery pack attached to the battery interface; and a wireless communication circuit connected to the charger controller, wherein the charger controller is configured to transmit the acquired information to an external device via the wireless communication circuit. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
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