[Multiple Battery System and Auxiliary Battery Attachment System]
First Claim
1. A multiple battery system comprising:
- a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal each coupled to an electrical system;
a main battery having a main positive output and a main negative output;
at least one auxiliary battery having an auxiliary positive output and an auxiliary negative output; and
a main electrical circuit comprising a coupling of the common positive terminal with a switching device, the at least one switching device having at least two operating positions, a first operating position of the at least two operating positions coupling the common positive terminal to the main positive output of the main battery and to a one-way charging circuit that precedes and is coupled to the auxiliary positive output and a second operating position wherein the common positive terminal is coupled through the at least one switching device to a point in the main circuit beyond the one-way charging circuit that couples to the auxiliary positive output.
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Abstract
The instant invention is directed to a multiple battery system and auxiliary battery attachment system. The invention provides a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal coupled to an electrical system. A main battery having a main positive output and a main negative output is also provided, together with an auxiliary battery having an auxiliary positive output and an auxiliary negative output. A switching device is provided with at least two operating positions. The two operating positions selectively engage the main battery and the auxiliary battery. In the first operating position of the at least two operating positions the common positive terminal is coupled to the main positive output and the auxiliary positive output, a one-way charging circuit preceding the auxiliary battery. In the second operating position of the at least two operating positions the common positive terminal is coupled to the main circuit and, thereon, to the auxiliary positive at a point beyond the one-way charging circuit to the auxiliary battery positive. This isolates the main battery during situations where the main battery is discharged, but allows the auxiliary battery to receive a full charge during normal operations to keep it prepared for any emergency.
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87 Claims
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1. A multiple battery system comprising:
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a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal each coupled to an electrical system;
a main battery having a main positive output and a main negative output;
at least one auxiliary battery having an auxiliary positive output and an auxiliary negative output; and
a main electrical circuit comprising a coupling of the common positive terminal with a switching device, the at least one switching device having at least two operating positions, a first operating position of the at least two operating positions coupling the common positive terminal to the main positive output of the main battery and to a one-way charging circuit that precedes and is coupled to the auxiliary positive output and a second operating position wherein the common positive terminal is coupled through the at least one switching device to a point in the main circuit beyond the one-way charging circuit that couples to the auxiliary positive output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A multiple battery system comprising:
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a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal coupled to an electrical system;
a main battery having a main positive output and a main negative output;
an auxiliary battery having an auxiliary positive output and an auxiliary negative output;
a switching device with at least two operating positions, the at least two operating positions selectively engaging said main battery and said auxiliary battery and comprising;
a first operating position of said at least two operating positions the common positive terminal to the main positive output and is further coupled to the at least one auxiliary battery positive output through a one-way charging circuit between and preceding the at least one auxiliary battery and;
a second operating position of said at least two operating positions which couples the common positive terminal to the auxiliary positive such that the common positive terminal is coupled at a point beyond the one-way charging circuit to the auxiliary battery positive. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An auxiliary battery attachment system comprising:
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a main battery with an at least one main positive output and an at least one main negative output;
a circuitry housing having an at least one positive common terminal, an at least one negative common terminal, an at least one positive coupling and an at least one negative coupling, the at least one positive and negative couplings electrically coupling the at least one positive and at least one negative main battery outputs to the at least one positive and at least one negative common terminals which are in turn coupled to an electrical system;
an at least one auxiliary battery having an auxiliary positive output and an auxiliary negative output, each output being electrically coupled to the at least one positive common terminal and at least one negative common terminal, respectively; and
a main electrical circuit comprising a coupling of the common positive terminal with an at least one switching device, the at least one switching device having at least two operating positions, a first operating position of the at least two operating positions coupling the common positive terminal through the at least one positive coupling to the main positive output of the main battery and to a one-way charging circuit that precedes and is coupled to the auxiliary positive output and a second operating position wherein the common positive terminal is coupled through the at least one switching device to a point in the main circuit beyond the one-way charging circuit that couples to the auxiliary positive output. - View Dependent Claims (64, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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65. The auxiliary battery attachment system 63, wherein the circuitry housing is mounted on a side of the main battery.
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67. The auxiliary battery attachment system 63, wherein the second operating position of the at least two operating positions fully disconnects the main battery from the electrical system and introduces only the at least one auxiliary battery.
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68. The auxiliary battery attachment system 63, wherein the at least one positive and negative couplings are within the circuitry housing.
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69. The auxiliary battery attachment system 63, wherein the at least one auxiliary battery is one of a six-volt, twelve-volt, or twenty-four volt battery.
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86. A method of detecting a discharge condition fault in an electrical system, comprising the method steps of:
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sensing an initial discharge condition within an electrical system of a vehicle or a piece of machinery;
switching a battery having a main and auxiliary battery and a switching device with at least two operating positions from a main operating position wherein the main and auxiliary batteries are coupled in an electric circuit with a one way charging diode preceding the auxiliary battery, to an auxiliary operating position in which the auxiliary battery is coupled in series with the electrical system of the vehicle or the piece of machinery and the main battery is electrically isolated;
utilizing the auxiliary battery in the auxiliary operational position to start the vehicle or piece of machinery;
returning the switching device to the normal operating position and engaging the main battery in the normal operating position; and
determining whether the vehicle or machinery is operational in the normal operating position, failure indicating a general operating fault in the electrical system. - View Dependent Claims (87)
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