Certain Electric Power Tools, Battery Cartridges, and ... - USITC

172. In the case of cordless tools, the design of the housing musttake into account the structure of the battery it must accommodate.(Griffin, Tr. 207).173. The Makita cordless tools are specifically designed around asingle interchangeable battery pack and associated battery chargers.(CXA 11, Bartlett W.S., at 25; Unopposed RPF 633).174. ( C 1( C )175. The battery cartridges of Makita are designed so that thebattery cells are arranged parallel therein -- in line with each other--in 2x2~2 fashion (7.2V1, or 2~2~2x2 fashion (9.6V).(Bartlett, Tr.1611, 1897; CPX 241A, 213).176. Mr. Bartlett, complainants' design expert, testified that heknew of two basic arrangements of battery cells within cartridges forcordless power tools.One is to have two cells in line (arranged inparallel) and the other is to have two cells and then a group of fourcells clumped together.He added that "one could come up with severalother configurations.'' (Bartlett, Tr. 1897).177. Other non-respondent power tool manufacturers utilize batterypacks wherein the battery cells are aligned parallel in a 2~2x2 manner.For example, Black and Decker, Ryobi, Sears and Stanley have batterypacks arranged-in such a manner.(RXP 250B, 362B, 205 and CPX 142B).178. The first Makita cordless power tool, with rechargeable batterypack, to appear on a Makita.distributor price list for sale in the UnitedStates was a 7.2V cordless drill, Model No. 6010D, which was listed on a10/15/79 price list. A 9.6V cordless drill, the 6012 HDW, was first56