Patent ID: 11901527
Assignee: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  Y | IPC A  H

Claim 18:
19. A battery pack comprising:
a housing having a main body and a handle extending from the main body in a first direction, the handle defining an aperture sized and shaped to receive one or more of a user's fingers therein;
at least one battery cell enclosed within the housing;
a printed circuit board (PCBA) enclosed within the housing;
a gauge located on an outer surface of the handle and electrically connected to the PCBA, wherein the gauge includes a plurality of lights; and
a single actuator attached to the housing, wherein actuation of the actuator activates the gauge to illuminate a number of the plurality of lights that corresponds to a charge level of the at least one battery cell;
wherein each of the plurality of lights is visible from a first viewing direction that is parallel to and opposite the first direction, a second viewing direction orthogonal to the first viewing direction, and a third viewing direction that is parallel to and opposite the second viewing direction.