Patents by Inventor Michael W. Roberts, Jr.

Michael W. Roberts, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Battery pack and internal component arrangement within the battery pack for cordless power tool system
    Patent number: 8092932
    Abstract: An internal component arrangement within a battery pack housing having multiple cells and adapted for cordless power tools may provide desired mechanical support to constrain the cells. The housing with internal component arrangement is configured to route sensing wires from the cells to an electronics module of the pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Phillips, Daniel J. White, Adam M. Casalena, Brent A. Kuehne, R. Roby Bailey, Jr., Michael W. Roberts, Jr., Robert J. Marcinkowski, Michelle L. Bowers
  • Cell connection straps for battery cells of a battery pack
    Publication number: 20110008655
    Abstract: A cell connection strap for electrically connecting a pair of adjacent battery cells within a battery pack includes, in one example, a fusible link for preventing a thermal runaway condition from occurring in a cell connected thereto. The strap may include raised features thereon for permitting relative movement between the cells in the pack due to vibration or an impact of the pack from translating stress to welds connecting the straps to the cells. In another example, the body of the cell strap may include slits formed in sides thereof to reduce rigidity of the strap for protecting the welds between strap and cell, and also provides a fusible link capability in the strap for preventing a thermal runaway condition from occurring in a cell connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel J. White, Steven J. Phillips, Adam M. Casalena, Alexis Johnson, Michael W. Roberts, JR.
  • Battery Pack For Cordless Devices
    Publication number: 20100273031
    Abstract: A battery pack including a housing, a terminal block, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal block, at least one battery cell, and a spark gap device on the printed circuit board to provide electrostatic discharge protection and disposed between the printed circuit board and the terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Cruise, Daniel J. White, Robert J. Marcinkowski, Geoffrey S. Howard, Alexis W. Johnson, Nathan J. Osborne, Michael W. Roberts, JR., Steven J. Phillips, Michelle L. Bowers
  • Battery pack for cordless devices
    Patent number: 7799448
    Abstract: A battery pack including a housing, a terminal block, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal block, at least one battery cell, and a spark gap device on the printed circuit board to provide electrostatic discharge protection and disposed between the printed circuit board and the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Cruise, Daniel J. White, Robert J. Marcinkowski, Geoffrey S. Howard, Alexis W. Johnson, Nathan J. Osborne, Michael W. Roberts, Jr., Steven J. Phillips, Michelle L. Bowers
  • Battery pack for cordless devices
    Publication number: 20080318088
    Abstract: A battery pack including a housing, a terminal block, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal block, at least one battery cell, and a spark gap device on the printed circuit board to provide electrostatic discharge protection and disposed between the printed circuit board and the terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Nathan J. Cruise, Daniel J. White, Robert J. Marcinkowski, Geoffrey S. Howard, Alexis W. Johnson, Nathan J. Osborne, Michael W. Roberts, JR., Steven J. Phillips, Michelle L. Bowers