Patent ID: 9711986
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A47L,B25F,H01M,H02J,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery pack suitable for handheld appliance, the battery pack including a plurality of cells and a circuit board associated with the cells, wherein a power terminal is associated with the circuit board and configured to transmit power to an appliance in use, wherein the battery pack further includes a momentary switch operatively connected to the circuit board and movable by an actuator between a closed position in which a conductive path through the momentary switch is unbroken and an open position in which the conductive path through the momentary switch is broken, and wherein, when the momentary switch is in the open position, the power terminal is configured by the circuit board to a power delivery state and, when the momentary switch is in the closed position, the power terminal is configured by the circuit board to a power disabled state.