Patent ID: 7346422

Claim:
A system for assisting in selection of a power tool, which is connected to a memory provided in a power tool with a rechargeable battery for storing data concerning a model or specification of the power tool and data concerning a use record therein, reads out the data from the memory, judges whether or not the power tool is suitable for work description for which the power tool is used, by using the data read out, and selects and presents the power tool suitable for the work description when the power tool is not suitable for the work description, the system comprising: a memory unit configured for storing data concerning a plurality of selectable models and specifications of power tools, a plurality of models and specifications of batteries configured for attachment to the power tool and a plurality of models and specifications of battery chargers for charging the battery; a power tool suitability judger configured for judging whether or not the model or specification of the power tool is suitable for the work description using the data concerning the use record read out of the memory; a power tool selector configured for selecting a model of the power tool with a specification suitable for the work description and a model of the battery and a battery charger suitable for the work description among the models of the power tools and the models of the battery and the battery charger stored in the memory unit when it is judged that the model or specification of the power tool is not suitable for the work description; and a display configured for displaying results of judgment by the power tool suitability judger and the model of the power tool, the model of the battery pack and the model of the battery charger selected by the power tool selector.