Battery device

• US 9,793,728 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2016
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zerotech shenzhen Intelligence Robot Co Ltd
• Original Assignee: Zerotech shenzhen Intelligence Robot Co Ltd
• Inventors: Tang, Yaming
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US15/239,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054314A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 320112
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/10 Air crafts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2221/00 Electric power distribution systems onboard aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/30 Supply or distribution of electrical power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A battery device comprises a housing, an electric core assembly enclosed within the housing, a control circuit board electrically coupled to the electric core assembly and for generating at least one battery parameter indicative of an operation status of the electric core assembly, and a connection port disposed on a front wall of the housing. The connection port comprises a set of power pins coupled to the electric core assembly and for charging or discharging the electric core assembly; and a set of data connection pins coupled to the control circuit board and for outputting the at least one battery parameter from the control circuit board.

Claims

1. A battery device, comprising:

a housing;

an electric core assembly enclosed within the housing;

a control circuit board electrically coupled to the electric core assembly and for generating at least one battery parameter indicative of an operation status of the electric core assembly;

a connection port disposed on a front wall of the housing, wherein the connection port comprises;

a set of power pins coupled to the electric core assembly and for charging or discharging the electric core assembly; and

a set of data connection pins coupled to the control circuit board and for outputting the at least one battery parameter from the control circuit board; and

a handle extending from a side wall of the housing perpendicular to the front wall where the connection port is disposed, wherein the side wall of the housing further defines a cavity below the handle to receive the handle when the battery device is connected to an electronic device, and the handle is out of the cavity when the battery device is not connected to the electronic device.

2. The battery device of claim 1, wherein the set of power pins and the set of data connection pins are arranged in a linear array.

3. The battery device of claim 2, wherein the set of power pins and the set of data connection pins of the connection port are formed and function as a single unit.

4. The battery device of claim 2, wherein the set of power pins and the set of data connection pins of the connection port are formed in such a way that the set of data connection pins of the connection port can be used separately.

5. The battery device of claim 2, wherein the set of data connection pins are disposed at a center of the linear array, and the set of power pins are disposed at two ends of the linear array.

6. The battery device of claim 5, wherein the set of power pins comprise one or more positive pins and one or more negative pins which are separated by the set of data connection pins.

7. The battery device of claim 6, wherein the set of power pins comprise four positive pins and four negative pins that are separated by the set of data connection pins.

8. The battery device of claim 2, wherein the set of power pins are disposed at a center of the linear array, and the set of data connection pins are disposed at two ends of the linear array.

9. The battery device of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises at least one positioning protrusion at one or more of side walls of the housing perpendicular to the front wall where the connection port is disposed.

10. The battery device of claim 1, further comprising:

an electric core connection circuit board for coupling electric cores of the electric core assembly, and coupling the electric core assembly to the set of power pins.

11. The battery device of claim 10, wherein

the electric core connection circuit board comprises pads for electrically coupling electrodes of the electric core assembly and a first connection unit, and

the control circuit board comprises a second connection unit matably and electrically coupled with the first connection unit, such that the pads can be electrically coupled to the set of power pins through the control circuit board.

12. The battery device of claim 10, wherein the electric core connection circuit board and the control circuit board are disposed at the front of an inner space within the housing and close to the connection port.

13. The battery device of claim 10, wherein the electric core connection circuit board and the control circuit board substantially overlay with each other.

14. The battery device of claim 1, further comprising:

a handle extending from a side wall of the housing perpendicular to the front wall where the connection port is disposed, and wherein the handle is made of a resilient material.

15. The battery device of claim 14, wherein the side wall of the housing further comprises a cavity below the handle.

16. The battery device of claim 1, further comprising a button coupled to the control circuit board and configured for turning on or off the battery device, wherein the button is disposed at a back wall of the housing opposite to the front wall.

17. The battery device of claim 1, further comprising an indicator for indicating remaining capacity of the electric core assembly, wherein the indicator is disposed at a back wall of the housing opposite to the front wall.

18. The battery device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one heat-dissipation board disposed between the electric core assembly and at least one side wall of the housing.

19. A payload platform comprising a battery device, wherein the battery device comprises:

a housing;

an electric core assembly enclosed within the housing;

a control circuit board electrically coupled to the electric core assembly and for generating at least one battery parameter indicative of an operation status of the electric core assembly;

a connection port disposed on a front wall of the housing, wherein the connection port comprises;

a set of power pins coupled to the electric core assembly and for charging or discharging the electric core assembly; and

a set of data connection pins coupled to the control circuit board and for outputting the at least one battery parameter from the control circuit board;

and wherein the battery device further comprises;

a handle extending from a side wall of the housing perpendicular to the front wall where the connection port is disposed, wherein the side wall of the housing further defines a cavity below the handle to receive the handle when the battery device is connected to an electronic device, and the handle is out of the cavity when the battery device is not connected to the electronic device.

20. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising

a battery device, wherein the battery device comprises:

a housing;

an electric core assembly enclosed within the housing;

a control circuit board electrically coupled to the electric core assembly and for generating at least one battery parameter indicative of an operation status of the electric core assembly;

a connection port disposed on a front wall of the housing, wherein the connection port comprises;

a set of power pins coupled to the electric core assembly and for charging or discharging the electric core assembly; and

a set of data connection pins coupled to the control circuit board and for outputting the at least one a battery parameter from the control circuit board; and

a handle extending from a side wall of the housing perpendicular to the front wall where the connection port is disposed, wherein the side wall of the housing further defines a cavity below the handle to receive the handle when the battery device is connected to an electronic device, and the handle is out of the cavity when the battery device is not connected to the electronic device.