US 11,705,683 B2
Battery pack power transfer adaptor
Philip Gilde, Baltimore, MD (US); Michael Varipatis, Fallston, MD (US); James Carucci, Towson, MD (US); Steven J. Phillips, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Nicholas Rice, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,929.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,909, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336396 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/065 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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 and the negative power terminal coupled to the USB type C port at a third node;
an ideal diode coupling the positive power terminal to the first node and a switch coupling the positive power terminal to the second node.