ENERGY EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT

• US 20080272192A1
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TD HiTech Energy, Inc.
• Original Assignee: TD HiTech Energy, Inc.
• Inventors: Fang, Yo-Fu, Liu, Jen-Chih, LIN, Chun-Chu, Lee, Huan-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US11/863,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20080272192A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/381
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/343 Cards including a counter
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/003 for electricity
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/02 by keys or other credit registering devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/06 by returnable containers , i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0873 Details of the card reader

Abstract

Energy exchange equipment is disclosed, which can sell batteries that have been recharged already. A user can buy a new battery from the energy exchange equipment by using a smart card. If a user has an old battery, he can put this old battery in an energy tank on the energy exchange equipment and then extract a new battery. If a user has no old battery, he can directly extract a new battery. The energy exchange equipment then deducts a corresponding amount of money in the smart card based on the electric capacity difference between the extracted new battery and the old battery.

Claims

1. An energy exchange equipment comprising:

a main body having a screen and a set of energy tanks;

a plurality of extraction energy boxes each matched with one of said energy tanks;

a smart card device built in said main body and capable of reading a smart card inserted into said main body; and

a control module for deducting a corresponding amount of money from remaining sum of a smart card according to actual degree of electricity of an extracted one of said energy boxes when said smart card is inserted into said main body.

2. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart card is an IC card.

3. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said smart card device has function of storing value.

4. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said extraction energy box is a rechargeable battery.

5. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 4, wherein said rechargeable battery is a lithium ion battery, polymer lithium battery or a fuel cell.

6. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a network card is built in said main body.

7. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein an energy control center monitors and controls said energy exchange equipment by means of said network card via the Internet.

8. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 4, wherein said rechargeable battery is used by cars, motorcycles, bicycles, or any electronic products driven by batteries.

9. The energy exchange equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said energy box is purchased from said energy exchange equipment, convenience stores, retail stores, or distributors.