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Modular electric storage battery

  • US 6,265,091 B1
  • Filed: 06/06/1997
  • Issued: 07/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for providing electrical power to a device comprising:

  • a battery module having a housing containing at least one electrochemical cell connected to first and second terminals and being adapted to allow access to the terminals, the housing also defining plural differently sized aligning members; and

    a base unit having first and second terminal posts and first and second connectors opposed to and electrically coupled to the terminal posts, the connectors being adapted for electrical coupling to the device, the base unit also having plural complementary channel members sized to engage the respective differently sized aligning members, said differently sized aligning members and complementary channel members so positioned to ensure proper electrical connection;

    wherein the battery module can be inserted into the base unit only if the differently sized aligning members are engaged with the respective complementary channel members, so that when the battery module is within the base unit the first terminal is electrically coupled with the first terminal post and the second terminal is electrically coupled with the second terminal post.

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