Dual terminal battery for modular power supply and power supply

• US 6,361,897 B1
• Filed: 06/22/1999
• Issued: 03/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Enersys Incorporated (EnerSys)
• Original Assignee: Enersys Incorporated (EnerSys)
• Inventors: Snyder, Charles Edwin
• Primary Examiner(s): Maples, John S.
• Application Number:
  US09/338,476
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: H01/M.230, 429/178, 429/179
• US Class Current: 429/178
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/209 adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/216 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/244 Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/50 Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/547 characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A battery for use with a modular battery assembly is provided. The battery includes two poles, with each pole including a dual terminal. Each dual terminal includes a first connector and a second connector. The battery is adapted to be mounted in either of a first housing, with a wiring board having a prewired circuit located thereon connected to slide-in terminals arranged on the wiring board, and a second housing without a prewired circuit. The slide-in terminals arranged on the wiring board are adapted to be located in complementary positions to the first connectors on the battery such that when the battery is slidably received in the first housing, the first connectors are adapted to be received in the complementarily positioned slide-in terminals, and when the battery is located in the second housing, the second connectors are connectable using jumpers such that the battery is adapted to be used interchangeably in the first and second housings.

Claims

1. A battery for use with a modular battery assembly comprising:

a battery housing having at least one end, at least one side and two poles, a positive pole and a negative pole, each pole comprising a dual terminal located on one side of the battery housing proximate to the one end, each terminal having a first slide-type connector extending generally perpendicular to the one end of the battery housing and a second connector extending generally parallel to the one end of the battery housing and generally perpendicular to the first connector, the battery being adapted to be mounted in either of a first housing with a wiring board having a pre-wired circuit located thereon connected to slide-in terminals arranged on the wiring board and a second housing without a pre-wired circuit, the slide-in terminals of the first housing being located in complimentary positions to the first connectors on the battery such that when the one end of the battery housing is slideably received in the first housing, the first connectors are received in the complimentary positioned slide-in terminals, and when the battery is located in the second housing, the second connectors are connectable using jumpers such that the battery may be used interchangeable in either of the first and second housings.