Patent ID: 7550213
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H01M

Abstract:
1. A tool system comprising: a battery pack having first, second and third pack terminals; a device that is configured to be selectively coupled to the battery pack, the device including a battery mount with a body that defines a well and first and second device terminals, the body defining a well into which the battery pack is removably received, the first and second device terminals extending outwardly from a proximal portion of the battery mount and engaging the first and second pack terminals when the battery pack is fully inserted into the well; wherein at least one of the first and second pack terminals and the first and second device terminals is a male terminal that is received into a corresponding one or ones of the first and second pack terminals and the first and second device terminals; wherein a longitudinal axis of each of the first, second and third pack terminals is arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis of the battery pack; wherein each of the corresponding one or ones of the first and second pack terminals and the first and second device terminals has resilient terminal portions that are urged outwardly away from the longitudinal axis when engaged by the at least one of the first and second pack terminals and the first and second device terminals; and wherein an output voltage between the first and second pack terminals is greater than an output voltage between the first and third pack terminals.