# US 2022/0036330 A1 · Swappable Battery System And Method, Electric Vehicles, Battery As A Service (BaaS) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036330 A1 - Document ID: US20220036330A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/389,222 - Filed: 2021-07-29 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30 - Assignees: Lyves Hatcher Pte. Ltd. - Applicants: Lyves Hatcher Pte. Ltd. - Inventors: Gabriel Zhi Yi Ong; Zeming Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036330A1 ## CPC - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity} - G06Q 20/3224: {Transactions dependent on location of M-devices} - G06Q 20/3267: {In-app payments} - G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions - G07F 15/005: {dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles (electrical charging as such, B60L50/00)} - B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation - B60L 2240/70: Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres - 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 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - 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 - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - 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 ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention broadly disclose electric vehicles (EVs), and a business to business platform including a swappable battery system and method, and systems and methods providing battery as a service (BaaS). In some embodiments a BaaS system and method are provided that create B2B opportunities to drive widespread, economical adoption of EVs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery swapping system, comprising: one or more batteries or battery packs configured to power an electric vehicle; a battery swapping network comprised of one or more stations or kiosks configured to house charged batteries and swap the charged batteries for used batteries; and a data management system configured to manage the battery swapping system, including but not limited to functions of tracking the batteries while in use and while housed in the one more kiosk, manage renting, charging and swapping transactions, and manage a mobile application (mobile app) platform where users access the system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery swapping system of claim 1 wherein the one or more batteries or battery pack is configured with a unique identifier that enables tracking of the battery pack through the mobile app and a GPS network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery swapping system of claim 2 wherein the batteries include one or more sensors configured to monitor, store and/or transmit battery data, including performance, efficiency, charge, temperature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery swapping system of claim 1 wherein the battery swapping network is comprised of a plurality of stations or kiosks that house one or more batteries where a user can swap a used battery for a new charged battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The battery swapping system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of stations or kiosks are fixed or mobile, or a combination of both. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The battery swapping system of claim 4 wherein one or more of the plurality of stations or kiosks are include a co-located power source and provide partial or full charging of used batteries that are returned by a user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The battery swapping system of claim 4 wherein one or more of the plurality of kiosks include mobile kiosks, said mobile kiosks being configured with intelligent routing software to route the mobile kiosk to a user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The battery swapping system of claim 7 wherein the mobile kiosks are further configured to use battery tracking data to locate users, track remaining life of the onboard battery and route the kiosk close to the users location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The battery swapping system of claim 1, wherein the a data management system is comprised of a network, the network comprising multiple terminal devices in communication with network, and including a battery charging terminal device, a battery delivery terminal device, a battery swapping kiosks terminal device, and one or more user devices. ### Claim 10 A computer implemented method for providing a battery swapping service (BaaS) for electric vehicles, said method being performed on a computing device and executed by a processor, said method comprising: initiating a battery swapping transaction in response to a request from a user, and verifying the user as a subscriber to the service; determining the availability of charged battery packs and assigning the user to a kiosk within a network of kiosks based on user location and availability of new battery packs within the network of kiosks; executing a receive transaction at the assigned kiosk and directing the disengagement of a battery pack from the kiosk and delivery to a receiving bay for retrieval by the user; prompting the user to initiate a return transaction in the event the user wishes to return a used battery pack; executing payment for the receive and/or return transaction; and generating verification and confirmation of the transactions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The BaaS method of claim 10, further comprising: if the user initiates a return transaction, executing the return transaction and directing the placement of the used battery pack into assigned charging or parking slot in the kiosk; and optionally initiating charging of the used battery. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The BaaS method of claim 10, wherein the step of executing payment further comprises, determining the amount of battery charge consumed by the user and calculating payment owed by the user based on the amount of charge consumed. ### Claim 13 A battery swapping system comprising: a non-transitory data storage device; and one or more special purpose computer devices that implement a battery swapping service (BaaS) for electric vehicles, and employ at least one processor to perform actions, including: initiating a battery swapping transaction in response to a request from a user, and verifying the user as a subscriber to the service; determining the availability of charged battery packs and assigning the user to a kiosk within a network of kiosks based on user location and availability of new battery packs within the network of kiosks; executing a receive transaction at the assigned kiosk and directing the disengagement of a battery pack from the kiosk and delivery to a receiving bay for retrieval by the user; prompting the user to initiate a return transaction in the event the user wishes to return a used battery pack; executing payment for the receive and/or return transaction; and generating verification and confirmation of the transactions. ### Claim 14 The system of 13, wherein the return transaction is carried out in part by assigning and directing placement of the used battery pack into assigned charging or parking slot in the kiosk; and optionally initiating charging the used battery. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein an amount of battery charge consumed by the user is determined and payment owed by the user is based on the amount of charge consumed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein the one or more special purpose computer devices are comprised of a data management system network, the network comprising multiple terminal devices in communication with network, and including a battery charging terminal device, a battery delivery terminal device, a battery swapping kiosks terminal device, and one or more user devices. ### Claim 17 An electric vehicle, characterized in that the electric vehicle is configured to receive a swappable battery for powering of the electrical vehicle. ### Claim 18 A computer implemented method for providing a battery swapping service (BaaS) for electric vehicles, said method being performed on a computing device and executed by a processor, said method comprising: creating a user profile for a user, including a driving profile for that user; initiating a battery swapping transaction in response to a request from a user, and verifying the user as a subscriber to the service; determining the availability of charged battery packs and assigning the user to a swapping/charging station within a network of swapping/charging stations based on user location and availability of new battery packs within the network of stations; allocating a particular battery pack within the assigned swapping/charging station based on the user's driving profile; executing a receive transaction at the assigned swapping/charging station and directing the disengagement of a battery pack from the station and delivery to a receiving bay for retrieval by the user; prompting the user to initiate a return transaction in the event the user wishes to return a used battery pack; executing payment for the receive and/or return transaction; and generating verification and confirmation of the transactions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The BaaS method of claim 18, further comprising: monitoring the state of a battery pack when in use by the user; and notifying the user to return the battery pack for swapping when the state of the battery pack reaches a defined threshold. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The BaaS method of claim 19 wherein the defined threshold is any one or more of: remaining charge, charge capacity, number of charging cycles, number of discharging cycles or rate of discharge. ### Claim 21 A battery swapping (BaaS) system comprising: a non-transitory data storage device; and one or more special purpose computer devices including a central management system that implement a battery swapping service (BaaS) for electric vehicles, and employ at least one processor to perform actions, including: initiating a battery swapping transaction in response to a request from a user or in response to a notification from the central management system, determining the availability of charged battery packs and assigning the user to a swapping/charging station or kiosk within a network of swapping/charging stations based on user location and availability of new battery packs within the network of stations; executing a receive transaction at the assigned station and directing the disengagement of a battery pack from the station and delivery to a receiving locker for retrieval by the user; prompting the user to initiate a return transaction in the event the user wishes to return a used battery pack; executing payment for the receive and/or return transaction; and generating verification and confirmation of the transactions. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The battery swapping system of claim 21, further comprising: creating a user profile for a user, including a driving profile for that user; and allocating a particular battery pack within the assigned swapping/charging station based on the user's driving profile. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The battery swapping system of claim 21, further comprising: monitoring the state of a battery pack when in use by the user; and notifying the user to return the battery pack for swapping when the state of the battery pack reaches a defined threshold, wherein the defined threshold is any one or more of: remaining charge, charge capacity, number of charging cycles, number of discharging cycles or rate of discharge. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The battery swapping system of claim 23, further comprising: controlling discharging of the battery pack when in use by the user based on the state of the battery pack. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The battery swapping system of claim 21 further comprising: assessing the state of the used battery pack; and charging the used battery pack based on the state of the battery pack and in a manner to prolong operating life of the battery pack.