Abstract: A battery pack disclosed herein is configured to be attached to a battery pack mount by moving the same downward with respect to the battery pack mount and be detached from the battery pack mount by moving the same upward with respect to the battery pack mount. The battery pack comprises a casing. The casing includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove on a side surface of the casing in a left-right direction, with the first and second guide grooves each extending upward from a lower end of the side surface. A length of the first guide groove in an up-down direction and a length of the second guide groove in the up-down direction are different.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery-side terminal and a housing. The housing includes a groove defined in a vicinity of the battery-side terminal. The electrical apparatus includes a body case; and a hook attached to the body case and configured to be engaged with the groove of the battery pack. The battery pack is fixed to the electrical apparatus by the hook being engaged with the groove.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a housing (18); one or more battery cells (12) housed inside the housing; one or more seat surfaces (52a, 54a, 56a, 58a) disposed inside the housing; a circuit board (16), which is housed inside the housing and is mounted on the seat surface(s); and one or more terminals (20b, 22b) electrically connected to the circuit board. One or more elastic sheets (60, 62) surround(s) the perimeter(s) of the terminal(s) and is (are) interposed between the circuit board and the seat surface(s).

Abstract: A charger is provided with an intake hole through which outside air may flow into the interior of and through the body of the charger, and an exhaust hole from which the outside air is discharged through by the driving a cooling fan. A first vertical wall that surrounds the intake hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the intake hole in a fence-shaped manner, and a second vertical wall that surrounds the exhaust hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole in a fence-shaped manner are provided on a bottom plate of the housing. An electrical circuit board is disposed outward of an area where the first vertical wall surrounds the intake hole and also disposed outward of an area where the second vertical wall surrounds the region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole etc.

Abstract: A battery pack may include a plurality of battery cells, a cell holder which holds the plurality of battery cells, and a casing which houses the cell holder. Each of the plurality of battery cells may have a substantially cylindrical shape and have a longitudinal direction in a front-rear direction. The plurality of battery cells may be arranged side by side in a left-right direction and an up-down direction. The cell holder may include an inner air supply opening which is defined in a surface facing the plurality of battery cells in a first direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction and an inner exhaust opening which is defined in a surface facing the plurality of battery cells in the front-rear direction. The casing may include an outer air supply opening and an outer exhaust opening which is defined in a surface facing the inner exhaust opening of the cell holder.

Abstract: A battery pack may be configured to be attached to and detached from an electric device including device-side terminals. The battery pack may include a battery cell, a circuit board electrically connected to the battery cell, and battery-side terminals electrically connected to the circuit board, and configured to be electrically connected to the device-side terminals by contacting the device-side terminals. The battery-side terminals may include a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal, and at least one signal terminal. The positive power terminal may be plated with a first metal on its surface. One of the at least one signal terminal may be plated with a second metal on its surface. The first metal may be a pure metal except for Ag or an alloy not containing Ag. The second metal may be a pure metal that is a noble metal or a noble metal alloy.

Abstract: A battery pack disclosed herein is configured to be attached to a battery pack mount by moving the same downward with respect to the battery pack mount and be detached from the battery pack mount by moving the same upward with respect to the battery pack mount. The battery pack comprises a casing. The casing includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove on a side surface of the casing in a left-right direction, with the first and second guide grooves each extending upward from a lower end of the side surface. A length of the first guide groove in an up-down direction and a length of the second guide groove in the up-down direction are different.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell case, a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the battery cell case, a plurality of lead plates connected to the battery cells, arranged on a same side surface of the battery cell case, and arranged to be separated from each other, and one or more insulation sheets. A first insulation sheet included in the one or more insulation sheets is adhered to a surface of a first lead plate so as to cover the first lead plate at least partially and not to cover lead plates other than the first lead plate.

Abstract: A charger configured to charge a battery pack of a power tool, and the charger include: a housing having an intake port and an exhaust port; a battery interface included on the housing and configured to removably receive a battery pack, a charging circuit in the housing and configured to supply charging power to the battery pack attached to the battery interface; and a blower configured to introduce air from the intake port into the housing and discharge the air from the exhaust port to the outside of the housing. The intake port includes a plurality of intake holes formed in the housing, and the exhaust port includes a plurality of exhaust holes formed in the housing. Each inscribed circle of the plurality of intake holes is smaller than any of inscribed circles of the plurality of exhaust holes.

Abstract: A plurality of battery cells of a battery pack may include at least one first battery cell arranged in a first row, at least one second battery cell arranged in a second row adjacent to the first row, at least one third battery cell arranged in a third row adjacent to the second row, and at least one fourth battery cell arranged in a fourth row adjacent to the third row. The at least one first battery cell and the at least one second battery cell are connected in series. Each of the at least one first battery cell is connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the at least one third battery cell. Each of the at least one second battery cell is connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the at least one fourth battery cell.

Abstract: An electrical device may be provided with: a housing to which a battery pack is attached detachably by sliding the battery pack in a sliding direction; a battery connection terminal configured to be electrically connected to the battery pack attached to the housing; and a terminal cover configured to move between a protection position for protecting the battery connection terminal and an exposure position for exposing the battery connection terminal. The housing may include a cover rail extending along the sliding direction. The terminal cover may include: a cover body having a shape that at least partially covers the battery connection terminal; and a hook formed integrally with the cover body, and the hook is engaged with the cover rail so as to slide in the sliding direction.

Abstract: A battery pack may include a battery cell; a first lead plate electrically connected to a first end of the battery cell; and a first outer waterproof sheet arranged along the first lead plate and covering the first lead plate from outside. The first lead plate may include an opening, and the first outer waterproof sheet may include a ring-shaped projection formed on an inner surface of the first outer waterproof sheet. The ring-shaped projection may project toward the first lead plate and surround the opening of the first lead plate.

Abstract: A charger is provided with an intake hole through which outside air may flow into the interior of and through the body of the charger, and an exhaust hole from which the outside air is discharged through by the driving a cooling fan. A first vertical wall that surrounds the intake hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the intake hole in a fence-shaped manner, and a second vertical wall that surrounds the exhaust hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole in a fence-shaped manner are provided on a bottom plate of the housing. An electrical circuit board is disposed outward of an area where the first vertical wall surrounds the intake hole and also disposed outward of an area where the second vertical wall surrounds the region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole etc.

Abstract: A charger is provided with an intake hole through which outside air may flow into the interior of and through the body of the charger, and an exhaust hole from which the outside air is discharged through by the driving a cooling fan. A first vertical wall that surrounds the intake hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the intake hole in a fence-shaped manner, and a second vertical wall that surrounds the exhaust hole or a region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole in a fence-shaped manner are provided on a bottom plate of the housing. An electrical circuit board is disposed outward of an area where the first vertical wall surrounds the intake hole and also disposed outward of an area where the second vertical wall surrounds the region exposed to water that drops down the exhaust hole etc.

Abstract: A pair of right and left fixing holes and a pair of strap attachment holes are provided on a rear surface of a main body housing at a position which does not protrude from a side area S in a planar view. A bottom edge portion of an upper recessed portion is provided above the fixing hole to cover each of the right and left fixing holes, the strap attachment holes are provided to be coaxial with the bottom edge portion, and it is ensured that durability and compactness of the charger are obtained.

Abstract: A pair of right and left fixing holes and a pair of strap attachment holes are provided on a rear surface of a main body housing at a position which does not protrude from a side area S in a planar view. A bottom edge portion of an upper recessed portion is provided above the fixing hole to cover each of the right and left fixing holes, the strap attachment holes are provided to be coaxial with the bottom edge portion, and it is ensured that durability and compactness of the charger are obtained.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a housing (18); one or more battery cells (12) housed inside the housing; one or more seat surfaces (52a, 54a, 56a, 58a) disposed inside the housing; a circuit board (16), which is housed inside the housing and is mounted on the seat surface(s); and one or more terminals (20b, 22b) electrically connected to the circuit board. One or more elastic sheets (60, 62) surround(s) the perimeter(s) of the terminal(s) and is (are) interposed between the circuit board and the seat surface(s).