Portable automotive battery jumper pack with detachable backup battery

• US 9,653,933 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vector Products Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mathew Inskeep
• Inventors: Inskeep, Mathew
• Primary Examiner(s): PENG, CHARLIE YU
• Application Number:
  US14/533,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/122 Provisions for temporary connection of DC sources of essentially the same voltage, e.g. jumpstart cables
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034

Abstract

A Portable automotive battery jumper pack with detachable backup battery. The invention is configured to be user friendly with a flexible compact design. The invention will be used in the portable, automotive electronics area.

Claims

1. A combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack, comprising:

a main system enclosure defining an internal area and an externally accessible cradle area;

a first electrical system housed within the internal area of the main system enclosure, the first electrical system including at least one battery cell capable of providing enough energy to a depleted or weak automotive battery of a vehicle requiring a quick boost to start or turn over an engine'"'"'s electrical system of the vehicle; and

a detachable backup battery pack secured to the main system enclosure through being disposed within the externally accessible cradle area when in use for charging the at least one battery cell of the first electrical system, said backup battery pack having a second electrical system comprising a boost circuit trickle charger and at least one battery cell;

wherein when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle the first electrical system is in electrical communication with the second electrical system and the boost circuit trickle charger supplies energy from the at least one battery cells of the second electrical system to the at least one battery cells of the first electrical system to ensure that the at least one battery cell is sufficiently charged to be able to start an electrical system of a vehicle in the event that a battery of the vehicle normally used to start the electrical system of the vehicle is depleted or too weak to properly function.

2. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 1 wherein the at least one battery cell of the first electrical system is of a first battery type and the at least one battery cell of the second electrical system is of a second battery type that is a different type of battery from the first battery type of the first electrical system.

3. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 2 wherein the first battery type is a deep cycle sealed lead acid battery and the second battery type is a high-energy density cell.

4. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 3 wherein the second battery type is a lithium ion battery.

5. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 1 further comprising a pair of conductors in electrical communication with the first electrical system and extending out of the main system enclosure.

6. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 5 further comprising a first battery clamp electronically connected to a first conductor of the pair of conductors and disposed at an outer end of the first conductor and a second battery clamp electronically connected to a second conductor of the pair of conductors and disposed at an outer end of the second conductor.

7. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 5 wherein a first conductor of the pair conductors having a first voltage potential and a second conductor of the pair conductors having a second voltage potential and the first voltage potential and the second voltage potential are different and not the same.

8. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 1 wherein said first electrical system including electrical circuitry or components for monitoring an energy level of the at least one battery cell of the first electrical system and which are capable of replenishing lost energy of the at least one battery cell of the first electrical system by drawing energy from the at least one battery cell of the second electrical system of the backup battery pack when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle.

9. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 1 wherein the backup battery pack further comprising at least one externally accessible USB port that is in electrical communication with the second electrical system, wherein the backup battery pack capable of charging or powering personal electronic devices through connection of a powering personal electronic device to the second electrical system through the at least one externally accessible USB port.

10. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 1 wherein the backup battery pack having a rotatable male barrel connector in electrical communication with the second electrical system, the male barrel connector extending outward from a bottom surface of the backup battery pack in use to electrically connect the first electrical system to the second electrical system when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle area.

11. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 9 wherein in use when said backup battery pack is properly disposed within the cradle area to mechanically secure the backup battery pack to the main system enclosure a portion of the backup battery pack having the at least one externally accessible USB port extends out of the cradle so not to cover the at least one USB port and to continue to allow access to the at least one USB port.

12. A combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack, comprising:

a main system enclosure defining an internal area and an externally accessible cradle area;

a first electrical system housed within the internal area of the main system enclosure, the first electrical system including a first plurality of battery cells capable of providing enough energy to a depleted or weak automotive battery of a vehicle requiring a quick boost to start or turn over an engine'"'"'s electrical system of the vehicle;

a detachable backup battery pack secured to the main system enclosure through being disposed within the externally accessible cradle area when in use for charging the first plurality of battery cells of the first electrical system, said backup battery pack having a second electrical system comprising a boost circuit trickle charger and a second plurality of battery cells;

a pair of conductors in electrical communication with the first electrical system and extending out of the main system enclosure;

a first battery clamp electronically connected to a first conductor of the pair of conductors and disposed at an outer end of the first conductor; and

a second battery clamp electronically connected to a second conductor of the pair of conductors and disposed at an outer end of the second conductor;

wherein when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle the first electrical system is in electrical communication with the second electrical system and the boost circuit trickle charger supplies energy from the second plurality of battery cells to first plurality of battery cells when needed to ensure that the first plurality of battery cells are sufficiently charged to be able to start an electrical system of a vehicle in the event that a battery of the vehicle normally used to start the electrical system of the vehicle is depleted or too weak to properly function.

13. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 12 wherein the first plurality of batteries are deep cycle sealed lead acid batteries and the second plurality of batteries are lithium ion batteries.

14. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 12 wherein the first conductor of the pair conductors having a first voltage potential and the second conductor of the pair conductors having a second voltage potential and the first voltage potential and the second voltage potential are different and not the same.

15. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 12 wherein said first electrical system including electrical circuitry or components for monitoring an energy level of the first plurality of battery cells and which are capable of replenishing lost energy of the first plurality of battery cells by drawing energy from the second plurality of battery cells of the backup battery pack when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle.

16. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 12 wherein the backup battery pack further comprising at least one externally accessible USB port that is in electrical communication with the second electrical system, wherein the backup battery pack capable of charging or powering personal electronic devices through connection of a powering personal electronic device to the second electrical system through the at least one externally accessible USB port;

wherein in use when said backup battery pack is properly disposed within the cradle area to mechanically secure the backup battery pack to the main system enclosure a portion of the backup battery pack having the at least one externally accessible USB port extends out of the cradle so not to cover the at least one USB port and to continue to allow access to the at least one USB port.

17. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 12 wherein the backup battery pack having a rotatable male barrel connector in electrical communication with the second electrical system, the male barrel connector extending outward from a bottom surface of the backup battery pack in use to electrically connect the first electrical system to the second electrical system when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle area.

18. A combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack, comprising:

a main system enclosure defining an internal area and an externally accessible cradle area;

a first electrical system housed within the internal area of the main system enclosure, the first electrical system including a first plurality of battery cells capable of providing enough energy to a depleted or weak automotive battery of a vehicle requiring a quick boost to start or turn over an engine'"'"'s electrical system of the vehicle;

a detachable backup battery pack secured to the main system enclosure through being disposed within the externally accessible cradle area when in use for charging the first plurality of battery cells of the first electrical system, said backup battery pack having a second electrical system comprising a boost circuit trickle charger and a second plurality of battery cells, the backup battery pack further comprising a pair of externally accessible USB ports that are in electrical communication with the second electrical system, wherein the backup battery pack capable of charging or powering personal electronic devices through connection of a powering personal electronic device to the second electrical system through one of the pair of externally accessible USB ports;

wherein in use when said backup battery pack is properly disposed within the cradle area to mechanically secure the backup battery pack to the main system enclosure a portion of the backup battery pack having the pair of externally accessible USB ports extends out of the cradle so not to cover the pair of USB ports and to continue to allow access to the pair of USB ports;

a pair of conductors in electrical communication with the first electrical system and extending out of the main system enclosure, a first conductor of the pair conductors having a first voltage potential and a second conductor of the pair conductors having a second voltage potential and the first voltage potential and the second voltage potential are different and not the same;

a first battery clamp electronically connected to the first conductor and disposed at an outer end of the first conductor; and

a second battery clamp electronically connected to the second conductor and disposed at an outer end of the second conductor;

wherein said first electrical system including electrical circuitry or components for monitoring an energy level of the first plurality of battery cells and which are capable of replenishing lost energy of the first plurality of battery cells by drawing energy from the second plurality of battery cells of the backup battery pack when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle area;

wherein when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle the first electrical system is in electrical communication with the second electrical system and the boost circuit trickle charger supplies energy from the second plurality of battery cells to first plurality of battery cells when needed to ensure that the first plurality of battery cells are sufficiently charged to be able to start an electrical system of a vehicle in the event that a battery of the vehicle normally used to start the electrical system of the vehicle is depleted or too weak to properly function.

19. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 18 wherein the first plurality of batteries are deep cycle sealed lead acid batteries and the second plurality of batteries are lithium ion batteries.

20. The combination portable automotive vehicle battery jumper pack and detachable backup battery pack of claim 18 wherein the backup battery pack having a rotatable male barrel connector in electrical communication with the second electrical system, the male barrel connector extending outward from a bottom surface of the backup battery pack in use to electrically connect the first electrical system to the second electrical system when the backup battery pack is disposed within the cradle area.