US 11,522,231 B2Granted

Battery with a voltage regulation device

AssigneeVolt Technology Limited

InventorAndrew James Wigney

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Abstract

The invention relates to a battery (100) that works by regulating the power source (112) to provide a suitable voltage output so that the user's devices/products using the battery will have a high performance among several other advantages. The battery (100) comprises a positive terminal (102); a negative terminal (112); a power source (114); and a voltage regulation device (110). The voltage regulation device (110) is operatively connected to the positive terminal (102), the negative terminal (112) and the power source (114). The voltage regulation device (110) includes electronic components that are operatively connected to each other in order to regulate an output voltage in a programmed variable level.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A battery comprising:

an external surface of the battery which is substantially defined by:
a housing;
a positive terminal;
and
a negative terminal;
wherein the housing contains:
a rechargeable power source;
a programmable controller;
an output current sensor configured to measure an output current output by the battery;
and
a voltage regulation device that is operatively connected to the positive terminal, the negative terminal and the power source, wherein the voltage regulation device is configured to provide an output voltage between the positive terminal and the negative terminal;
wherein the voltage regulation device comprises:
a switching regulator configured to selectively provide the output voltage;
and
a linear regulator configured to selectively provide the output voltage;
wherein the output current sensor is configured to provide information on the output current to the programmable controller, and
further wherein when the output current is below a pre-determined threshold, the programmable controller is configured to disable the switching regulator and enable the linear regulator, and when the output current is above the pre-determined threshold, the programmable controller is configured to enable the switching regulator and disable the linear regulator.

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Facts

Application: 16/944,138Filed 30 Jul 2020 · continuation
Published: US 2020/0365948 A119 Nov 2020
Granted: 6 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H01M 10/425
Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells: structural combination with electronic…
H01M 10/0525
Li-accumulators: rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
H01M 10/30
Alkaline accumulators: nickel accumulators
H02J 7/80
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: including monitoring or indicating arrangements

Family

PCT/NZ2016/050141Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Sep 2016
US 2020/0365948 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Nov 2020
Application15/758,022Parent of this continuation
US 10,790,545 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0254530 A1Published application
US 11,522,231 B2This patent

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