Primary battery with internal voltage regulator
First Claim
1. A battery cell assembly, comprising:
- a standard size primary high energy density battery cell assembly;
a voltage regulator integrated within said battery cell assembly;
wherein said voltage regulator is included in a voltage regulator circuit, andwherein said voltage regulator circuit includes;
an input capacitor;
an output capacitor;
a feed-forward capacitor; and
a first and second resistor arranged as a voltage divider.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A battery cell assembly includes a standard size primary high energy density battery cell assembly and a voltage regulator integrated within the battery cell assembly. A method for providing a standard size primary high energy density battery cell assembly includes integrating a voltage regulator circuit into a standard size primary high energy density battery assembly and regulating an output voltage of the high energy density battery cell assembly to match an output voltage of a standard primary battery. Embodiments of the present invention may integrate a voltage regulator into a commercially available primary high energy density battery cell. The voltage regulator as in one embodiment of the present invention may be used to downscale the output voltage of the high energy density battery cell. The high density battery assembly as in embodiments of the present invention may be used in existing equipment currently powered by standard primary batteries.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A battery cell assembly, comprising:
-
a standard size primary high energy density battery cell assembly; a voltage regulator integrated within said battery cell assembly; wherein said voltage regulator is included in a voltage regulator circuit, and wherein said voltage regulator circuit includes; an input capacitor; an output capacitor; a feed-forward capacitor; and a first and second resistor arranged as a voltage divider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A battery cell assembly useful in applications requiring uni-directional current of limited magnitude, comprising:
-
a primary lithium cell; a voltage regulator circuit in electrical connection with said lithium cell; a case having the size and shape of a standard primary battery, wherein said case accommodates said lithium cell and said voltage regulator circuit; wherein said voltage regulator circuit is mounted on a circuit board integrated within said case; wherein said voltage regulator circuit regulates an output voltage of said lithium cell to an output voltage of said standard primary battery; wherein said voltage regulator circuit includes; an input capacitor; an output capacitor; a feed-forward capacitor; and a first and second resistor arranged as a voltage divider; wherein said voltage regulator circuit limits current magnitude; wherein said voltage regulator provides uni-directional current; and wherein the battery cell assembly does not include fuses or diodes mounted on the circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A method for providing energy from a standard size primary high energy density battery cell assembly, comprising the steps of:
-
integrating a voltage regulator circuit into said high energy density battery assembly; regulating an output voltage of said high energy density battery cell assembly to match an output voltage of a standard primary battery; maintaining an electrical insulator between the battery cell and the voltage regulator circuit prior to use of the battery cell assembly; and removing the electrical insulator to activate the voltage regulator circuit when use of the battery cell assembly is contemplated, whereby shelf life of the battery cell assembly is prolonged. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
Specification