MASS SHIFTING NOTIFICATION

• US 20140051484A1
• Filed: 08/14/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hunt, John Miles, Nicholson, John Weldon, Zawacki, Jennifer Greenwood, Locker, Howard J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,201,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/572
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

A device can include a processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a battery having a battery length; a chassis that includes a bay having a bay length, the bay length being of sufficient length to allow translation of the battery along the bay length; a translation mechanism to translate the battery in the bay; and communication circuitry operatively coupled to the processor and the translation mechanism. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor;

a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a battery having a battery length;

a chassis that comprises a bay having a bay length, the bay length being of sufficient length to allow translation of the battery along the bay length;

a translation mechanism to translate the battery in the bay; and

communication circuitry operatively coupled to the processor and the translation mechanism.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the battery comprises a lithium ion battery.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises a bi-directional translation mechanism.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises springs.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the battery comprises a battery mass that comprises at least 20% of a total mass of the device.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the communication circuitry comprises activation circuitry to, responsive to receipt of a communication signal, activate the translation mechanism.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising a rotatable eccentric mass wherein the communication circuitry is operatively coupled to the rotatable eccentric mass.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a rail wherein the battery is coupled to the rail to guide translation of the battery in the bay.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises a releasable latch mechanism to latch the battery to achieve a stationary state of the battery in the bay and to unlatch the battery to achieve a translational state of the battery in the bay.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the releasable latch mechanism comprises latches to latch the battery to achieve the stationary state of the battery in the bay toward either one of opposing ends of the bay.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises at least one gas chamber.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises at least one potential energy storage component.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein the translation mechanism comprises at least one potential energy to kinetic energy conversion component.

14. A method comprising:

providing a store of potential energy;

providing a battery toward an end of a bay;

receiving a signal; and

responsive to receipt of the signal, converting the potential energy to kinetic energy by moving the battery toward another end of the bay.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the signal comprises a communication signal.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the signal comprises a notification signal.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising, after the converting, latching the battery toward one of the ends of the bay.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a display coupled to the housing;

communication circuitry coupled to the housing;

a bay, formed at least in part by the housing, that comprises a guide to guide movement of a component along a length of the bay;

springs at opposing ends of the bay to apply forces to the component; and

a releasable latch to latch the component at a stationary position along the length of the bay and to release the component for movement of the component along the length of the bay.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the releasable latch is releasable responsive to receipt of a signal issued by the communication circuitry.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the component comprises a member selected from a group consisting of a slidable cart configured for receipt of a battery and a battery.