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US 11,440,430 B2Granted
Removable battery compression devices
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRoger D. Bernhardt
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a vehicle, comprising: a housing; a battery comprising a plurality of layers and disposed within the housing; and a first removable battery compression device disposed within the housing and configured to apply compressive force to the plurality of layers of the battery via a first side of the battery.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a battery comprising a plurality of layers and disposed within the housing;
- and
- a first removable battery compression device disposed within the housing and configured to apply compressive force to the plurality of layers of the battery via a first side of the battery.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a plurality of joinable wing segments, wherein:
- a first joinable wing segment of the plurality of joinable wing segments is joined to the fuselage,
- a second joinable wing segment of the plurality of joinable wing segments is joined to the fuselage,
- each joinable wing segment of the plurality of joinable wing segments comprises:
- a housing;
- a battery comprising a plurality of layers and disposed within the housing;
- and
- a first removable battery compression device disposed within the housing and configured to apply compressive force to the plurality of layers of the battery via a first side of the battery.
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A method of using a removable battery compression device, comprising:
- installing a removable battery compression device in a vehicle;
- charging a battery comprising a plurality of planar layers compressed by the removable battery compression device;
- removing the removable battery compression device from the vehicle;
- and
- operating the vehicle using power from the battery after removing the removable battery compression device from the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.