Battery Rotation System For Rechargeable Batteries
AssigneeFlow-Rite Controls, Ltd.
InventorMark W. Herrema
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Abstract
A battery rotation system for rechargeable batteries. The system includes a plurality of battery monitors each configured to mount to a rechargeable battery, each connected to the terminals of the battery, and each including a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. The system further includes a server in wireless communication with the battery monitors to receive battery status information from the monitors. When a battery is connect to a battery charger, the battery monitor determines when the battery is ready for use. The server maintains queue information of available batteries and sends that information to a remote user device. The server also can schedule battery replacements and schedule charging times based on peak hours.
Claims15
A battery rotation system for rechargeable batteries comprising:
- a plurality of battery monitor assemblies, each battery monitor assembly adapted to be connected to a rechargeable battery, each battery monitor assembly including a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a temperature sensor, a monitor processor, and a monitor wireless adapter, each monitor processor configured to receive a current output from the current sensor, a voltage output from the voltage sensor, and a temperature output from the temperature sensor, each monitor processor further configured to generate battery status information indicative of whether the associated battery is ready for use, each battery status information including a unique battery monitor assembly identifier;
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- a server including a server wireless adapter in direct or indirect wireless communication with the monitor wireless adapters to receive the battery status information, the server including a server processor configured to receive the battery status information from the server wireless adapter, to maintain queue information in a non-transitory computer-readable medium of the batteries ready for use, and to transmit the queue information by way of the server wireless adapter to a remote user device.
A battery rotation system for rechargeable batteries, the system comprising:
- a plurality of battery mount monitor assemblies configured to mount to respective rechargeable batteries and each including a housing, a battery terminal connection system configured to electrically connect to rechargeable battery terminals, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a temperature sensor, a wireless adapter, a processor, and a memory;
- a remote device in wireless communication with the wireless adapter, the remote device configured to wirelessly receive and transmit a battery status information;
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- a cloud server in wireless communication with the remote device, the cloud server configured to wirelessly receive and transmit a plurality of signals, including the battery status information,
- wherein the processor is configured to monitor an output of the current sensor, an output of the voltage sensor, and an output of the temperature sensor and combine that information with a set of information stored in the memory to determine whether a battery is ready for use and to generate the battery status information,
- wherein the battery status information includes:
- a battery mount monitor assembly identifier;
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- a battery status signal,
- wherein the wireless adapter transmits the battery status information to the remote device, and
- wherein the remote device transmits the battery status information to the cloud server, the cloud server having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium thereon for executing instructions including:
- receiving the battery status information from the remote device;
- adding the battery mount monitor assembly identifier to a queue of available batteries in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in response to the battery status signal corresponding to a ready for use signal;
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- transmitting the queue of available batteries to a remote user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.