BATTERY
A battery pack for selective attachment to a receptacle. The battery pack includes a housing enclosing a battery, a handle extending from the housing and defining an aperture between the housing and the handle, and a latching arrangement coupled to the housing and engageable with the receptacle for inhibiting the battery pack from being removed from the receptacle. The latching arrangement includes a latch member, a pivot member, and an actuator connected to the pivot member movable relative to the housing from a first position to a second position to move the latch member from a latched position to an unlatched position. The actuator is movable within the aperture, and the actuator forms at least a portion of the handle.
1 . A battery pack for selective attachment to a receptacle, the battery pack comprising:
a housing enclosing a battery, the housing defining an insertion axis along which the battery pack is insertable into the receptacle;
a handle extending from the housing and defining an aperture between the housing and the handle;
a latching arrangement coupled to the housing and engageable with the receptacle for inhibiting the battery pack from being removed from the receptacle, the latching arrangement including
a latch member,
a pivot member pivotable relative to the housing about a pivot axis to move the latch member from a latched position to an unlatched position, and
an actuator connected to the pivot member and movable within the aperture between a first position in which the latch member is in the latched position and a second position in which the latch member is in the unlatched position;
wherein the actuator forms at least a portion of the handle.
2 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the pivot axis is transverse to the insertion axis.
3 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the latch member is movable between the latched position and the unlatched position in a direction transverse to the pivot axis.
4 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the latch member is connected to and pivotable with the pivot member about the pivot axis.
5 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the latch member is integral with the pivot member.
6 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a support portion, wherein the actuator moves within the aperture toward the support portion when the actuator moves from the first position toward the second position.
7 . The battery pack of claim 6 , wherein the actuator and the support portion form the handle.
8 . The battery pack of claim 1 wherein the handle includes a grip portion extending transverse to the insertion axis.
9 . The battery pack of claim 8 wherein the actuator forms a portion of the grip portion.
10 . The battery pack of claim 1 , further comprising a guide rail extending parallel to the insertion axis, wherein the latch member is movable between the latched position and the unlatched position in a direction transverse to the insertion axis.
11 . The battery pack of claim 10 , where the guide rail is a first guide rail, and further comprising a second guide rail positioned opposite the first guide rail and a latch surface between the first and second guide rails, wherein the latch member extends from an opening in the latch surface when in the latched position.
12 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the pivot member includes a pivot, and wherein the pivot is located inside the housing.
13 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a front side and a back side opposite the front side, wherein the handle is adjacent the back side, and wherein the insertion axis extends through the front side and the back side.