# US 2021/0242694 A1 · Battery controller > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0242694 A1 - Document ID: US20210242694A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/235,470 - Filed: 2021-04-20 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-08 - Assignees: Without-Jamaar Holding B.V. - Applicants: Without-Jamaar Holding B.V. - Inventors: Bas DE LANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210242694A1 ## CPC - H02J 7/44: between battery management systems and power sources - G01R 31/3842: combining voltage and current measurements - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 10/4257: {Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries} - H01M 10/44: Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H01M 50/574: Devices or arrangements for the interruption of current - H05B 45/10: Controlling the intensity of the light - H05B 45/37: Converter circuits - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - F21V 23/0435: {activated by remote control means} - H01M 50/107: having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - H01M 2220/30: Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The application provides a battery. The battery includes a battery module for providing an electric current and a controller module. The controller module includes a switch for controlling an electric current flowing from the battery module and a voltage control unit for receiving the electric current from the battery module, for providing measurements of the electric current, and for providing measurements of a voltage of the battery module. The controller module further includes a communication unit for receiving commands from an external computing device via a wireless means. The controller module also includes a computing processor unit for generating control signals according to the commands from the communication unit and for sending the generated control signals to the switch and/or the voltage control unit. The battery also includes a cylindrical battery housing enclosing the battery module and the controller module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery for an electronic device, the battery comprising: a battery module for storing energy to provide an electric current, a controller module comprising: a switch, the switch providing: an open state for preventing the electric current to flow from the battery module, and a closed state for allowing the electric current to flow from the battery module, a voltage control unit being adapted for: receiving the electric current from the battery module, providing a measurement of the electric current from the battery module, providing a measurement of a voltage of the battery module, and converting the voltage of the battery module into a predetermined voltage, a communication unit being adapted for receiving commands from an external computing device via a wireless means, a computing processor unit being adapted for generating control signals according to the commands from the communication unit, for sending the generated control signals to the switch and/or the voltage control unit, the computing processor further adapted for receiving the measurement of the electric current and the measurement of the voltage from the voltage control unit, for deriving at least one parameter according to the measurement of the electric current and the measurement of the corresponding voltage, and for transmitting the at least one parameter to the communication unit, wherein the communication unit is adapted to transmit out the at least one parameter, and a battery housing with two electrical terminals, the battery housing enclosing the battery module and the controller module, and one of the electrical terminals receiving the predetermined voltage from the voltage control unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit comprises a Bluetooth transceiver. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery module comprises an electrochemical cell. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the controller module is provided in a form of a printed-circuit-board. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A battery-powered device comprising at least one battery according to claim 1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery-powered device according to claim 5, the battery-powered device further comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A computer implemented method for controlling at least one battery according to claim 1 of at least one battery-powered device, the method comprising placing a switch of the at least one battery in a closed state and/or an open state, thereby switching on and/or switching off the at least one battery-powered device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computer implemented method according to claim 7, the method further comprising placing the switch of the at least one battery in the closed state and/or in the open state at a predetermined time or after a predetermined duration, thereby switching on and/or switching off the at least one battery-powered device at the predetermined time or after the predetermined duration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The computer implemented method according to claim 7, the method further comprising placing the switch of the at least one battery in the closed state and in the open state at a predetermined frequency with a predetermined duty cycle, thereby switching on and switching off the at least one battery-powered device at the predetermined frequency with the predetermined duty cycle.