BATTERY DEVICE

• US 20110133686A1
• Filed: 08/18/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Young Green Energy Co.
• Original Assignee: Young Green Energy Co.
• Inventors: Hung, Kuo-Tai, Kung, Shin-Ping, Chao, Wan-Chin, Wu, Yu-Tzu, Huang, Shao-Chi, Hsu, Nien-Hui, Wang, Cheng, Chou, Po-Kuei
• Application Number:
  US12/858,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20110133686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 16/006 of fuel cells with rechargeable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04559 of fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0488 of fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 Fuel cells

Abstract

A battery device for a notebook computer includes a control circuit, a rechargeable battery unit, and a fuel cell unit. The control circuit includes a transmission interface adapted to be electrically connected to the notebook computer. The rechargeable battery unit is electrically connected to the control circuit and includes a plurality of battery cells. The fuel cell unit is electrically connected to the control circuit. A volume of the fuel cell unit is substantially integral multiple of a volume of the battery cell.

Claims

1. A battery device for a notebook computer, the battery device comprising:

a control circuit comprising a transmission interface adapted to be electrically connected to the notebook computer;

a rechargeable battery unit electrically connected to the control circuit and comprising a plurality of battery cells; and

a fuel cell unit electrically connected to the control circuit, a volume of the fuel cell unit being substantially integral multiple of a volume of the battery cell.

2. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the volume of the fuel cell unit is substantially equal to the volume of the rechargeable battery unit.

3. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the volume of the fuel cell unit is 70% to 150% of the volume of the rechargeable battery unit.

4. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the capacity of the fuel cell unit is greater than or equal to the capacity of the rechargeable battery unit with the same volume as the fuel cell unit.

5. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the fuel cell unit comprises a plurality of fuel cells, the number of the fuel cells, the voltage of each of the fuel cells, and the number of the battery cells and the voltage of each of the battery cells satisfy the following relationship:

(6×

N−

2)×

V<

M×

W<

(8×

N+6)×

V,

where M represents the number of the battery cells, N represents the number of the fuel cells, W represents the voltage of each battery cell, and V represents the voltage of each fuel cell.

6. The battery device according to claim 5, wherein the fuel cell unit further comprises a fuel tank detachably connected to the fuel cells.

7. The battery device according to claim 6, wherein the capacity of the fuel tank of the fuel cell unit is greater than or equal to the capacity of the rechargeable battery unit.

8. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit further comprises a transforming unit for transforming the voltage of the fuel cell unit into a voltage that is provided to recharge the rechargeable battery unit.

9. A battery device for a notebook computer, the battery device comprising:

a control circuit including a transmission interface adapted to be electrically connected to the notebook computer;

a rechargeable battery unit electrically connected to the control circuit and comprising a plurality of orderly arranged battery cells; and

a fuel cell unit electrically connected to the control circuit, wherein a projection area of the fuel cell unit on a plane on which the battery cells are arranged being substantially integral multiple of a projection area of the battery cell on the plane, a projection area of the fuel cell unit on an orthogonal plane that is orthogonal to the plane on which the battery cells are arranged being substantially equal to a projection area of the battery cell on the orthogonal plane.

10. The battery device according to claim 9, wherein the fuel cell unit comprises a plurality of fuel cells, and the number of the fuel cells, the voltage of each of the fuel cells, the number of the battery cells, and the voltage of each of the battery cells satisfy the following relationship:

(6×

N−

2)×

V<

M×

W<

(8×

N+6)×

V,

where M represents the number of the battery cells, N represents the number of the fuel cells, W represents the voltage of each battery cell, and V represents the voltage of each fuel cell.

11. The battery device according to claim 10, wherein the fuel cell unit further comprises a fuel tank detachably connected to the fuel cells.

12. The battery device according to claim 11, wherein the capacity of the fuel tank of the fuel cell unit is greater than or equal to the capacity of the rechargeable battery unit.

13. The battery device according to claim 9, wherein the capacity of the fuel cell unit is greater than or equal to the capacity of the rechargeable battery unit with the same volume as the fuel cell unit.

14. The battery device according to claim 9, wherein the control circuit further comprises a transforming unit for transforming the voltage of the fuel cell unit into a voltage that is provided to recharge the rechargeable battery unit.