Battery Transportation Safety Patents Available for Licensing
US8084154B2
A battery pack, comprising: one or more battery cells; a pack positive electrical contact; a pack negative electrical contact; a fuse; a fuse receptacle; said fuse removably inserted into said fuse receptacle; said fuse protecting said battery cells when said fuse is inserted in said receptacle; said fuse rendering said battery cells in safe mode when said fuse is removed from said fuse receptacle; a microcontroller; said microcontroller measuring when said fuse is inserted in said receptacle; said microcontroller measuring when said fuse is removed from said receptacle;
US8815424B2
A process of determining the hazardous status of a system comprising a plurality of battery packs for transportation safety purposes, comprising the steps of: communicating with each battery pack in said system; determining the amount of hazardous material in each battery pack; determining the electrical connectivity of each pack with all other packs; defining one or more groups, each group consisting of all packs electrically connected with one another; summing the amount of hazardous material in the packs of each group of electrically connected packs; identifying the group or groups having the greatest sum of hazardous material;
US8872474B2
A fail safe battery pack, comprising: a first housing and a second housing affixed together; a plurality of battery cells residing within said first and said second housings, said plurality of battery cells engaging said first and second housings, said plurality of battery cells are not movable with respect to said first and second housings; a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board; said first housing includes a first lattice structure of battery cell supports; said second housing includes a corresponding second lattice structure of battery cell supports; a variable bias device resides in said first lattice structure of said first housing and engages said first lattice structure; said first printed circuit board resides in said first lattice structure of said battery supports and engages said first variable bias device;
US10109888B2
A process for operating a battery pack service station to repair a battery pack, said service station includes a controller, said battery pack includes a plurality of cells, comprising the steps of: determining, using said controller, a failed cell of said plurality of cells of said battery pack; removing said failed cell from said battery pack; determining, using said controller, a characteristic of a non-failed cell of said battery pack; selecting a replacement cell; determining a characteristic of said replacement cell using said controller; comparing, using said controller, said characteristic of said replacement cell to said characteristic of said non-failed cell, and deciding, using said controller, whether said replacement cell can be substituted for said failed cell in said battery pack.
USD601088S1
The ornamental design for a battery pack, as shown and described.