Patent ID: 8981724
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60L,H02J

Abstract:
1. A battery pack discharging device for discharging a battery pack, comprising: a hand-held member having a handle portion and first and second actuation members extending from the handle portion; a docking device having a housing, first and second switches, and a resistor, the housing having first and second apertures extending therethrough, the first and second switches being disposed in the housing proximate to the first and second apertures, respectively, the first and second switches each having a normally-open operational position, the resistor being electrically coupled between the first and second switches, the first and second switches further configured to be electrically coupled to the battery pack; the first and second actuation members of the hand-held member being configured to be disposed in the first and second apertures, respectively, of the housing of the docking device such that the first and second actuation members transition the first and second switches, respectively, to first and second closed operational positions, respectively; and the first switch having a first movable contact member and a first stationary contact member, and the housing having a first movable electrically non-conductive tab disposed proximate to the first aperture.