ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,107, issued on June 30, was assigned to Globe (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Multi-voltage battery pack, power tool system and charging system" was invented by Chuntao Lu (Changzhou, China), Xuyan Xie (Changzhou, China), An Yan (Changzhou, China) and Xi Li (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosure is a multi-voltage battery pack which includes: a housing, battery strings disposed inside the housing and including a plurality of battery cells, a battery interface disposed on the housing for use with the power tool, and a converting assembly disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the battery...