Auxiliary battery arrangement

• US 3,200,014 A
• Filed: 02/14/1962
• Issued: 08/10/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: King Roberts Alan
• Original Assignee: King Roberts Alan
• Inventors: KING ROBERTS ALAN
• Application Number:
  US04/173,234
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• US Class Current: 429/9
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4207 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 16/00 Structural combinations of different types of electrochemical generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION:

FIRST AND SECOND BATTERIES, SAID FIRST BATTERY COMPRISING A CASING, AN ELECTROLYTE IN SAID CASING, ELECTRODES IMMERSED IN SAID ELECTROLYTE, AND EXTERIOR TERMINALS ON SAID CASING AND COUPLED TO SAID ELECTRODES;

SAID SECOND BATTERY COMPRISING A CASING, A FRANGIBLE MEMBER IN THE LATTER SAID CASING DIVIDING THE SAME INTO SEPARATE CHAMBERS, AND ELECTROLYTE IN ONE OF SAID SEPARATE CHAMBERS, ELECTRODES IN THE OTHER OF SAID SEPARATE CHAMBERS, COUPLING MEANS TO COUPLE THE LATTER SAID ELECTRODES TO SAID EXTERIOR TERMINALS, AND CONTROL MEANS TO BREAK SAID FRANGIBLE MEMBER TO ACTIVATE SAID SECOND BATTERY;

SAID COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING A SWITCH BETWEEN SAID SECOND BATTERY ELECTRODES AND ONE OF SAID TERMINALS, SAID COMBINATION FURTHER INCLUDING AN OUTPUT LINE, SAID SWITCH BEING ADAPTED FOR SELECTIVELY SWITCHING THE OUTPUT LINE BETWEEN SAID ONE TERMINAL AND SAID SECOND BATTERY ELECTRODES, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID SWITCH FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTUATING THE SAME AND THE BREAKING SAID FRANGIBLE MEMBER.