ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,165, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Battery pack power transfer adaptor" was invented by Philip Gilde (Baltimore), Michael Varipatis (Fallston, Md.), James Carucci (Towson, Md.), Steven J. Phillips (Ellicott City, Md.) and Nicholas Rice (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack power transfer adaptor and a battery pack system that includes a battery pack adaptor. The adaptor enables a battery pack to provide high level power transfers to a variety of devices and to receive high level power transfers from a variety of power sources. The adaptor includes a battery pack inter...