Handle portion of hand-held electric tool
Three battery cells can be arranged such that one battery cell is situated on the front side of a handle portion and that the remaining two battery cells are situated on the rear side thereof while being arranged laterally side by side. Also, a handle portion can be generally of a triangular cross-sectional configuration whose apex portion is situated on the front side of the handle portion and whose base portion is situated on the rear side thereof; and the handle portion is grasped by bringing fingertips into contact with the apex portion ( 11 a ) on the front side.
1. A battery pack to be loaded in a handle portion of a hand-held electric tool, the battery pack comprising:
three battery cells, one battery cell of the three battery cells being situated on a front side of a tool main body, the remaining two battery cells being situated on a rear side of the tool main body while being arranged laterally side by side, with the three battery cells being arranged in a triangular configuration whose apex portion is situated on the front side and whose base is situated on the rear side, and
a pair of right and left fixation claw portions configured to be engaged with the handle portion, the fixation claw portions being equipped with finger-rest portions inclined in such directions that they approach to each other toward the apex portion, the fixation claw portions being configured so that an engagement with the handle portion is canceled when the finger-rest portions are pressed in such directions that they approach to each other, the finger-rest portions being provided with anti-slip portions configured to prevent fingertips from slipping toward the apex portion.
2. The handle according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack has a battery case configured to have a substantially triangular cross section corresponding to the triangular arrangement of the battery cells.
3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the anti-slip portions comprises a plurality of ribs.
4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the anti-slip portions comprises a plurality of laterally extending projections.