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Mobile electric appliance with charge status indicator and battery for it

US8901887B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft · LI

Inventors

Eduard Sever · Bludenz, AT
Joachim Vedder · Hergensweiler, DE
Franz Huber · Türkheim, DE
Bernd Ziegler · Ludwigshafen, DE
Dragomir Ljubojevic · Sankt Gallen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2011
Grant date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile electric appliance is disclosed. The mobile electric appliance includes at least one battery bay for accommodating a battery with at least one voltage-generating cell and a battery-side charge status indicator, an electrical consumer, a power connector, as well as a charging device for charging the at least one battery. In addition, the mobile electric appliance includes means for detecting the charge status of the at least one battery and a device-side charge status indicator arranged on the mobile electric appliance. The battery may also include an interface, which is prepared to relay the charge status determined to an external processing unit.

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