System and Method for Information Handling System Battery With Integrated Communication Ports
First Claim
1. An information handling system comprising:
- a chassis having a front and a rear;
plural processing components disposed in the chassis and operable to process information;
a battery coupled in a bay formed in the chassis, the battery having a housing exposed proximate the rear of the chassis, the battery operable to provide power to the processing components; and
one or more I/O ports disposed in the battery housing proximate the rear of the chassis, the I/O ports interfaced with the processing components and operable to couple to I/O connectors to support communication between external devices and the processing components.
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Abstract
Space along the perimeter of a portable information handling system is made available for I/O connections with external devices by integrating I/O ports into a battery housing having some length extending along the perimeter. The I/O ports interface with the information handling system with wires running through the battery housing from the I/O ports to a location aligned with connectors of the information handling system, such as in a chassis bay sized to accept the battery housing. In one embodiment, the battery housing has a first portion for containing battery cells and a second portion that couples to the first portion, the second portion having selected I/O ports for selective configuration of the information handling system with desired I/O ports.
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20 Claims
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1. An information handling system comprising:
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a chassis having a front and a rear; plural processing components disposed in the chassis and operable to process information; a battery coupled in a bay formed in the chassis, the battery having a housing exposed proximate the rear of the chassis, the battery operable to provide power to the processing components; and one or more I/O ports disposed in the battery housing proximate the rear of the chassis, the I/O ports interfaced with the processing components and operable to couple to I/O connectors to support communication between external devices and the processing components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for communicating with an information handling system, the method comprising:
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receiving communication signals at a port, the port integrated at a battery housing outer surface, the battery housing outer surface exposed at the exterior of the information handling system; transmitting the communication signals from the port along the battery housing to a location at the battery housing outer surface, the location exposed at the interior surface of the information handling system; and transmitting the communication signals from the location at the battery housing outer surface to a location at the interior surface of the information handling system for use by the information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An information handling system battery comprising:
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one or more battery cells operable to store a charge; a housing enclosing the battery cells, the housing sized to fit in an information handling system chassis bay; a battery connector integrated in the housing and interfaced with the battery cells, the battery connector aligned to couple with an information handling system battery connector located in the chassis bay; and one or more ports integrated in the housing to be exposed upon installation of the housing into the chassis bay, the port operable to accept communication signals and to forward the communication signals to the information handling system through the chassis bay. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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