ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,825, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Battery pack for a hand-held power tool, hand-held power tool and charging device" was invented by Holger Wernerus (Pliezhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a battery back for a hand-held power tool comprising a battery pack housing. An interface of the battery pack housing has contact elements for contacting corresponding counter contact elements on the hand-held power tool and/or the charging device. A battery pack electronics system comprises a charge current path and a discharge current path. The charge current pa...