IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,796,240
Granted Patent B2
US 11,796,240 · App. 17/569,825 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Cooler

Inventor: Atsushi Hori (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,796,240
App. No.
17/569,825
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooler reduces size increase. The cooler includes a main container including a refrigeration compartment, and a battery mount set including a first battery mount to which a first battery is attachable and a second battery mount to which a second battery different from the first battery is attachable. The first battery mount and the second battery mount are positioned relative to each other to cause the second battery to be unattachable to the second battery mount when the first battery is attached to the first battery mount and to cause the first battery to be unattachable to the first battery mount when the second battery is attached to the second battery mount.

Claims (57)

1. A cooler, comprising:

a main container including a refrigeration compartment; and

a battery mount set including a first battery mount to which a first battery is attachable and a second battery mount to which a second battery, different in type and size from the first battery, is attachable,

wherein the first battery mount and the second battery mount are positioned relative to each other and configured such that (i) the second battery cannot be attached to the second battery mount when the first battery is attached to the first battery mount and (ii) the first battery cannot be attached to the first battery mount when the second battery is attached to the second battery mount.

2. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the first battery mount and the second battery mount have different interfaces.

3. The cooler according to claim 2 , wherein

the first battery mount is configured to receive the first battery with a first rated voltage, and

the second battery mount is configured to receive the second battery with a second rated voltage different from the first rated voltage.

4. The cooler according to claim 2 , wherein

the first battery mount is configured to receive the first battery having a first outer dimension, and

the second battery mount is configured to receive the second battery having a second outer dimension different from the first outer dimension.

5. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the first battery mount is configured to receive the first battery with a first rated voltage, and

the second battery mount is configured to receive the second battery with a second rated voltage different from the first rated voltage.

6. The cooler according to claim 5 , wherein

the first battery mount is configured to receive the first battery having a first outer dimension, and

the second battery mount is configured to receive the second battery having a second outer dimension different from the first outer dimension.

7. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the first battery mount is configured to receive the first battery having a first outer dimension, and

the second battery mount is configured to receive the second battery having a second outer dimension different from the first outer dimension.

8. The cooler according to claim 1 , wherein

the first battery mount and the second battery mount are connected in parallel.

9. The cooler according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a battery compartment (i) having a first surface and a second surface and, (ii) configured to receive the first battery and, alternatively, the second battery, wherein

the first surface and the second surface are transverse,

the first battery mount is on the first surface, and

the second battery mount is on the second surface.

10. The cooler according to claim 9 , wherein

the first surface and the second surface are orthogonal to each other.

11. The cooler according to claim 9 , wherein

the battery mount set includes a first battery mount set and a second battery mount set.

12. The cooler according to claim 11 , wherein

the second surface includes a second surface adjacent to a first end of the first surface and a second surface adjacent to a second end of the first surface,

the first battery mount set includes a first battery mount on the first surface,

the second battery mount set includes a first battery mount on the first surface,

the first battery mount set includes a second battery mount on the second surface adjacent to the first end, and

the second battery mount set includes a second battery mount on the second surface adjacent to the second end.

13. The cooler according to claim 12 , wherein

the battery mount set is configured such that the first battery is attachable to the first battery mount in the first battery mount set and to the first battery mount in the second battery mount set only when the second battery is not attached to the second battery mount in the first battery mount set and to the second battery mount in the second battery mount set.

14. The cooler according to claim 12 , wherein

the battery mount set is configured such that the second battery is attachable to the second battery mount in the first battery mount set and to the second battery mount in the second battery mount set only when the first battery is not attached to the first battery mount in the first battery mount set and to the first battery mount in the second battery mount set.

15. The cooler according to claim 12 , wherein

the battery mount set is configured such that the second battery is attachable to the second battery mount in the first battery mount set and the first battery is attachable to the first battery mount in the second battery mount set when only the first battery is not attached to the first battery mount in the first battery mount set and the second battery is not attached to the second battery mount in the second battery mount set.

16. The cooler according to claim 12 , wherein

the first battery mount in the first battery mount set, the second battery mount in the first battery mount set, the first battery mount in the second battery mount set, and the second battery mount in the second battery mount set are connected in parallel.

17. The cooler according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a display configured to display a remaining battery level of at least one of the first battery or the second battery.

18. The cooler according to claim 17 , wherein

the display includes

a first display section configured to display a remaining battery level of one of the first battery or the second battery attached to the first battery mount set, and

a second display section configured to display a remaining battery level of one of the first battery or the second battery attached to the second battery mount set.

19. The cooler according to claim 18 , wherein

the first display section is configured to display the remaining battery level of the first battery when the first battery is attached to the first battery mount in the first battery mount set, or display the remaining battery level of the second battery when the second battery is attached to the second battery mount in the first battery mount set, and

the second display section is configured to display the remaining battery level of the first battery when the first battery is attached to the first battery mount in the second battery mount set, or display the remaining battery level of the second battery when the second battery is attached to the second battery mount in the second battery mount set.

20. The cooler according to claim 18 , wherein

the display indicates whether the first battery and the second battery are being discharged.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: HORI, ATSUSHI
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058580/0839 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-024142 · Feb 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220260299A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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