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Modular vehicular power system having a battery interface module and associated method

  • US 8,691,416 B1
  • Filed: 02/16/2010
  • Issued: 04/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A battery interface module comprising:

  • a housing;

    a battery interface carried by the housing and configured to interface with a battery, the battery interface comprising a first power bus interface, a first fluid interface and a first data interface;

    first and second transmission interfaces carried by the housing with at least one of the first and second transmission interfaces configured to interface with another battery interface module, each transmission interface comprising a second power bus interface, a second fluid interface and a second data interface, wherein the first and second power bus interfaces are in electrical communication, the first and second fluid interfaces are in fluid communication and the first and second data interfaces are communicably connected; and

    a bus bar positioned within the housing and electrically connecting the second power bus interfaces of the first and second transmission interfaces, wherein the first power bus interface is physically and electrically connected to the bus bar within the housing at a location intermediate of the second power bus interfaces of the first and second transmission interfaces.

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