System and Method for Information Handling System Battery With Integrated Communication Ports
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Abstract
Space along the perimeter of a portable information handling system is made available for I/O connections with external devices by integrating I/O ports into a battery housing having some length extending along the perimeter. The I/O ports interface with the information handling system with wires running through the battery housing from the I/O ports to a location aligned with connectors of the information handling system, such as in a chassis bay sized to accept the battery housing. In one embodiment, the battery housing has a first portion for containing battery cells and a second portion that couples to the first portion, the second portion having selected I/O ports for selective configuration of the information handling system with desired I/O ports.
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31 Claims
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
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10. A method for communicating with an information handling system, the method comprising:
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receiving communication signals at a port, the port integrated at a battery housing outer surface, the battery housing outer surface exposed at the exterior of the information handling system; transmitting the communication signals from the port along the battery housing to a location at the battery housing outer surface, the location exposed at the interior surface of the information handling system; and transmitting the communication signals from the location at the battery housing outer surface to a location at the interior surface of the information handling system for use by the information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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21. A method for communicating information at an information handling system, the method comprising:
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interfacing a device with the information handling system at a port disposed in a battery housing of the information handling system; and communicating signals between the device and the information handling system with one or more wires interfacing the port with the information handling system, the one or more wires routed through the battery housing to the information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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