Patent ID: 8852776
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A power tool comprising: a motor; a housing configured to house the motor, the housing defining a body axis and having a hand grip, wherein the hand grip and the motor are positioned between a first end and a second end of the housing and the body axis extends through the hand grip, the motor, and the first end and the second end of the housing; a tool element positioned at the first end of the housing, the tool element pivotable about a tool axis; an actuator adjacent the hand grip and configured to operate the motor to pivot the tool element about the tool axis; a battery pack; and a battery connection port positioned at the second end of the housing and adapted to receive the battery pack; wherein the battery connection port defines a removal axis for the battery pack, wherein the battery connection port includes a first portion located at one end of the removal axis and a second portion located at an other end of the removal axis opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is positioned closer to the first end of the housing than the first portion such that the removal axis forms an angle less than ninety degrees with respect to the body axis, wherein the tool axis and the body axis lie in a common plane, the body axis dividing the plane into an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion intersecting the tool element and the upper portion intersecting the battery pack, and wherein the second portion of the battery connection port intersects the lower portion of the plane.