Granted Patent B2

US 12,401,165 · App. 18/354,176 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Inventors: Philip Gilde (Baltimore, MD); Michael Varipatis (Fallston, MD); James Carucci (Towson, MD); Steven J. Phillips (Ellicott City, MD); Nicholas Rice (Baltimore, MD)

Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.

H01R31/065H02J7/0042H02J2207/20Y02E60/10

Abstract

Claims (15)

1. A battery pack power transfer adaptor, comprising:

a USB type C port;

a set of power terminals including a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal, the set of power terminals configured to mate with a rechargeable battery pack for transferring power to and from the battery pack;

the positive power terminal coupled to the USB type C port at a first node and at a second node of the type C port and the negative power terminal coupled to the USB type C port at a third node;

a first control module and a second control module; and

a bi-directional non-inverting buck/boost converter coupled between the positive power terminal and the first and the second node of the type C port.

2. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an overvoltage protection module coupled to the adaptor positive power terminal and the adaptor negative power terminal and to a plurality of adaptor signal terminals.

3. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 2 , wherein the overvoltage protection module is coupled to the second control module.

4. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a first thermistor circuit and a second thermistor circuit to monitor the temperature of the adaptor and its components.

5. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 4 , wherein the first and second thermistor circuits are coupled to the second control module.

6. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the buck/boost converter is coupled to the first control module.

7. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a battery disconnect switch coupled between the buck/boost converter and the positive power terminal.

8. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a USB type A port, the USB type A port including a positive node, a negative node and data node formed as terminals on the port.

9. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 8 , further comprising a buck converter coupled between the positive power terminal and the positive node of the type A port.

10. The battery pack power transfer adaptor, as recited in claim 9 , wherein the buck converter is coupled to the second control module.

Continuity (3)

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