Rechargeable battery pack device

• US 5,191,275 A
• Filed: 08/12/1991
• Issued: 03/02/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tara C. Singhal
• Original Assignee: Tara C. Singhal
• Inventors: Singhal, Tara C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Steven L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERHANE, ADOLF D
• Application Number:
  US07/743,171
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 320/2, 320/15, 429/7, 429/96-100
• US Class Current: 320/112
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/30 Nickel accumulators H01M10/34 takes precedence
• 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 50/50 Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery pack, made up of ordinary rechargeable nickel cadmium size AAA cells, that would output six volts and would fit inside the battery compartment of electrical devices designed to accommodate 4 AA size cells. This would obviate the need to carry and hook to the device external rechargeable battery packs. The battery pack also has electrical wires that end in a connector that could be used to charge the pack or power devices that need external battery packs. A charging bracket that enables charging of this power pack.

Claims

1. In battery applications, for which an arrangement of plurality of rechargeable nickel cadmium battery cells, in place of an equal number of same size alkaline battery cells is preferable but not used, due to voltage differences in the two cell types and the resulting voltage difference in the arrangement of cells, a battery cassette for use in such applications comprising of:

(a) a battery cassette housing whose external dimension are those of the space occupied by an arrangement of size AA alkaline cells;

(b) said cassette having inside it a plurality of size AAA Nickel cadmium type rechargeable cells;

(c) said plurality of size AAA cells in number being equal to output a voltage nearly equal to that output by said arrangement of size AA alkaline cells;

(d) said plurality of size AAA cells arranged in place holders, inside said battery cassette enabling them to remain secure in their places;

(e) said plurality of size AAA cells electrically connected in series, and resulting overall positive and negative terminals accessible from outside the said cassette;

(f) spatial position of said resulting overall positive and negative terminals being in the same spatial position as of the corresponding terminals of said arrangement of size AA alkaline cells.

2. The battery cassette of claim 1, further comprising of:

end user usable opening and closing means of said battery cassette enabling the discharged said plurality of size AAA cells to be removed and recharged size AAA cells to be inserted in said cassette.

3. The battery cassette of claim 1, further comprising of:

(a) said resulting overall positive and negative terminals, inside the cassette, connected to a twisted wire pair;

(b) other end of said twisted wire pair extending outside the cassette and terminated with a connector;

(c) said cassette having space to store said twisted wire and connector;

(d) said twisted wire and connector stored inside the cassette when not in use.