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Transport system for convertible battery pack

  • US 9,893,384 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2015
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A removable, secondary battery pack for providing electrical power to an electrical device, the battery pack comprising:

  • a primary housing configured with a mechanical interface to mechanically couple the battery pack to each of a plurality of electrical devices within a system of electrical devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrical devices within the system of electrical devices includes a housing configured with a mechanical interface to mechanically couple the electrical device with the battery pack;

    sets of electrically connected battery cells housed within the primary housing;

    a switching network housed within the primary housing having a first state in which the sets of battery cells are electrically connected to each other and a second state in which the sets of battery cells are electrically disconnected from each other; and

    wherein, the battery pack being decoupled from the electrical device, a mechanical coupler that causes the switching network to convert between the first state and the second state.

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