# US 2014/0360010 A1 · Battery system for electrical devices

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- Number: US 2014/0360010 A1
- Document ID: US20140360010A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/466,251
- Filed: 2014-08-22
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-03
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Walter Haug; Stefan Letz; Roland Seiffert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360010A1

## CPC

- B60L 58/18: of two or more battery modules
- B60L 3/0046: {relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors}
- B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries}
- B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
- B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment}
- B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
- B60L 58/16: responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
- H01M 50/107: having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence)
- H01M 50/213: adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence)
- H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64)
- H01M 50/264: for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
- H01M 50/291: characterised by their shape
- H01M 50/50: Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
- H01M 50/548: on opposite sides of the cell
- H01M 50/559: Terminals adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round, elliptic or button cells (H01M50/553 takes precedence)
- B60L 2270/32: of electricity
- B60L 2270/34: of parts
- H01M 50/56: Cup shaped terminals
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
- Y02T 90/167: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
- Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
- Y10T 29/49108: Electric battery cell making
- Y10T 29/49169: Assembling electrical component directly to terminal or elongated conductor
- Y10T 29/5313: Means to assemble electrical device
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method for loading electrical vehicles with batteries may be provided. The battery system may comprise a battery container with an inlet channel for a serially inserting multiple batteries with substantially identical shape into the battery container, and a battery holder with a holding mechanism to selectively hold the inserted battery. For each of the battery holders, electrical connectors for connecting the inserted batteries may be available. An ejection may be possible via an outlet channel and an ejection mechanism.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for loading a battery container with batteries, the method comprising:
serially inserting multiple batteries with substantially identical shape into said battery container via an inlet channel:,
selectively holding each of the inserted batteries with a battery holder which comprises a holding mechanism that is operable by applying an operation trigger;
connecting the inserted batteries to electrical connectors; and
ejecting the batteries out of the battery container through an outlet channel.