2) United States Patent
Liebhard
(34) ELECTRIC POWER TOOL WITH
COMMUNICATION LINE TO BATTERY
PACK
(73) Inventor: Gernot Lieb
1rd, Waiblingen (DE)
3) Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
Waiblingen (DE)
Assignee:
Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the tem ofthis
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
USC. 154(b) by 79 days.
en
Appl. No 12/690,363
(22) Filed: Jan, 20, 2010
Prior P
US 20110094762 AI
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Apr. 28, 2011
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G0) Forcign Application Priority Data
Gct.28,2009 (DE) 10 2008 080 547
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E218 404
(2) Us.cI
src 7217; 1731; 3207134
Field of Classification Search
USPC T7B/1, 217; 3201134, 136,
‘See pplication ile for complete search history.
(2006.01)
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(10) Patent No.
4s) Date of Patent:
US 8,752,645 B2
Jun. 17, 2014
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Primary Examiner
Assistant Examiner — Nathaniel Chukwura
(74) tome, Agent, or Firm — Gudrun E. Huckett
on ABSTRACT
An electric power too! has drive motor and an electronic
‘control unit. Penser e supplied by alattery pack with several
individual cells and a monitoring circuit for the operating
parameters of the cells. communication fine connces elee-
{ronie contol unit and monitoring circuit, Digital data are
‘exchanged through the communication Tine between elec
‘eonie control unit and monitoring eect. A controler con:
trols data traffic through sending and receiving unis. The
communication voltage is higher than @ penmissible input
vollage level of the controller and lower than a maxim
battery pack voliage. The receiving units filter, converts a
received first signal level that slower than first voltage a
LOW signal and lowers a received second signal level th is
higher than a second voltage tothe input voltage level ofthe
controller and relays the second signal level asa HIGH signal.
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12Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets
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ELECTRIC POWER TOOL WITH
(COMMUNICATION LINE TO BATTERY
PACK
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
“The invention relates to an electric power tool comprising
battery pack for driving a working tool. The invention aso
relate toa charging station forthe battery pack.
Fleetrie power tools with a drive motor for driving a work
Jing tol that havean electronic control unit for coatrollingand
‘operating the electri drive motor are known, The power tool
Js supplied with power from the battery pack through the
‘contol nit
Batlry packs are comprised of several individual cells
‘wherein, depending on the employed cells, monitoring cir-
‘uit are provided for detecting operating parameters such as