RECHARGEABLE PROGRAMMABLE INTELLIGENT VARIABLE OUTPUT BATTERY MODULE

• US 20140049223A1
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karl Hermann Berger
• Original Assignee: Karl Hermann Berger
• Inventors: Berger, Karl Hermann
• Application Number:
  US13/969,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/135
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4271 Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/296 characterised by terminals of battery packs terminals of batteries H01M50/543
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/30 Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0063 with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00712 the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery module of the present invention is described for providing programmable variable power output to a device. The battery module has a body, a first contact located at a first end of the body, a second contact located at a second end of the body, a battery received in the body, and a battery controller. The first contact includes at least one electrical contact surface having concentric raised and recessed surfaces. The second contact has at least one electrical contact surface that includes a nipple extending outwardly therefrom. The battery controller is located in the body, and is in electrical communication with the first contact, the second contact and the battery. The battery controller is programmed to monitor an electrical demand by the device and to control an electrical discharge from the battery.

Claims

1. A battery module for providing programmable variable power output to a device, said battery module comprising:

a body having a first end, a second end, and a hollow interior defined between said first and second ends;

a first contact having at least one electrical contact surface, said first contact being attachable to said first end of said body;

a second contact having at least one electrical contact surface, said second contact being attachable to said second end of said body;

a battery located in said hollow interior of said body; and

a battery controller located in said hollow interior of said body, said battery controller being in electrical communication with said first contact, said second contact and said battery, said battery controller being configured to monitor an electrical demand by the device and to control an electrical discharge from said battery.

2. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said first contact comprises a first exterior contact surface in communication with a first printed circuit board.

3. The battery module according to claim 2, wherein said first exterior contact surface of said first contact includes at least one raised section and at least one recessed section, wherein said raised section and said recessed section are concentric.

4. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said second contact comprises a second exterior contact surface and a second printed circuit board.

5. The battery module according to claim 4, wherein said second exterior contact surface of said second contact includes a nipple that extends out from said second exterior contact surface.

6. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said first end of said body includes a first edge that extends toward said hollow interior, a first lip that extends toward the hollow interior, and a first groove defined between said first edge and said first lip, said first groove receives at least a portion of said first contact.

7. The battery module according to claim 6, wherein said battery is retained between said first lip and a flange extending inwardly from an interior side of said body and toward said hollow interior.

8. The battery module according to claim 6, wherein said first edge tapers inwardly toward said first groove, and said first lip tapers inwardly toward said first groove.

9. The battery module according to claim 6, wherein said second end of said body includes a second edge that extends toward said hollow interior, a second lip that extends toward the hollow interior, and a groove defined between said second edge and said second lip, said second groove receives at least a portion of said second contact.

10. The battery module according to claim 9, wherein said second edge tapers inwardly toward said second groove, and said second lip tapers inwardly toward said second groove.

11. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said body further comprises a plurality of ventilation holes defined through said body and in communication with said hollow interior.

12. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said battery controller further comprises a discharge controller and a communication controller.

13. The battery module according to claim 12, wherein said wherein said battery controller further comprises a GPS module.

14. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said first contact further comprises a RCA unit in communication with said first contact.

15. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said battery module is configured to replace an existing battery of the device, and wherein said battery controller is configured to be programmable to supply a power output demanded by the device and to modulate the power output automatically based upon analysis of a current demanded of the device.

16. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said batter controller is configured to monitor a power switch of the device in combination with a length of time between switching of the power switch, and to control a delivery of a programmed power output from said battery to the device.

17. The battery module according to claim 1, wherein said batter controller is configured to provide multiple levels of power outputs by one means selected from the group consisting of pulse width modulation, rapid switching of an output current, and a current limiting circuit that reduces an output voltage to maintain a programmed current delivery.