Battery pack and movable machine including the same
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorYoshimoto Matsuda
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Abstract
Provided is a battery pack adapted to be removably mounted on a movable machine, the battery pack including: a rechargeable battery unit; a detector secured to the battery unit to detect the motion of the battery unit; a memory device; a processing device configured to record a history of motion information detected by the detector in the memory device; and an interface configured to output the motion information recorded in the memory device to the outside of the battery pack.
Claims13
A battery pack configured to be removably mounted on a vehicle body of a movable machine, the vehicle body including a vehicle controller, the battery pack comprising:
- a rechargeable battery unit;
- a detector secured to the battery unit to detect a motion of the battery unit;
- a battery monitoring unit including a memory device and a processing device configured to record a history of motion information detected by the detector in the memory device;
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- a communication connector configured to communicatively connect the battery monitoring unit to the vehicle controller and output the motion information recorded in the memory device to the vehicle controller.
A battery pack configured to be removably mounted on a vehicle body of a movable machine, the vehicle body including a vehicle controller, the battery pack comprising:
- a rechargeable battery unit;
- a detector secured to the battery unit to detect a motion of the battery unit;
- a battery monitoring unit including a memory device and a processing device configured to record a history of motion information detected by the detector in the memory device;
- a communication connector configured to communicatively connect the battery monitoring unit to the vehicle controller and output the motion information recorded in the memory device to the vehicle controller;
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- an electrical supply connector independent of the communication connector, the electrical supply connector being electrically connected to the battery unit to supply electricity from an outside of the battery pack to the battery unit or supply electricity from the battery unit to the outside of the battery pack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.