Battery pack
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1. A battery pack comprising:
- a microcomputer and means of communicating the state of charge of a contained battery detected by said microcomputer through a communication terminal, whereinsaid communication terminal is positioned selectively on a first surface or on a second surface, andsaid battery pack is installed using one of said surfaces in accordance with a selected one of plural arrangements.
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Abstract
In a battery pack, it is difficult that information on a contained battery of the battery pack, such as the accurate state of charge of the battery, is detected at an external equipment. A communication terminal which can communicate the state of charge of the contained battery to the external equipment is provided on the installation surface on which power supply terminals of the battery pack are provided or on the surface adjacent to the installation surface. This allows the corresponding electrodes or the like of the external equipment to be concentrated at one place, so that the space required to arrange the corresponding electrodes or the like is reduced, thus downsizing the equipment.
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1. A battery pack comprising:
a microcomputer and means of communicating the state of charge of a contained battery detected by said microcomputer through a communication terminal, wherein said communication terminal is positioned selectively on a first surface or on a second surface, and said battery pack is installed using one of said surfaces in accordance with a selected one of plural arrangements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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