ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,996, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Battery-powered system, battery pack, electric work machine, and charger" was invented by Minoru Gyoda (Anjo, Japan), Hitoshi Suzuki (Anjo, Japan) and Motohiro Omura (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-powered system includes a battery pack (10; 71; 81) connected to an electrical equipment (30; 50; 76; 86). The battery pack includes a first positive electrode terminal (11), a first negative electrode terminal (12), a first communication terminal (13), a first data input circuit (23), and a first limiting circuit (D11; D72; D82) that limits a flow o...