Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique of determining first, second, and third potentials at communication terminal of battery pack
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Application No.: US16587464Application Date: 2019-09-30
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Publication No.: US11482764B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki , Minoru Gyoda , Nobuyuki Oyama , Hiroshi Inoue
- Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Anjo
- Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Anjo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-186576 20181001,JPJP2019-001242 20190108
- Main IPC: H01M10/46
- IPC: H01M10/46 ; H01M50/572 ; H01M10/44 ; H02J7/00 ; H01M50/20

Abstract:
A battery pack in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication terminal and a detector, and supplies electric power to an external device. The communication terminal receives a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal. The first signal has a first potential, the second signal has a second potential, and the third signal has a third potential. The first potential, the second potential, and the third potential are different from one another. The detector determines a potential at the communication terminal, to thereby detect the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal in accordance with the determined potential.
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