Electric vehicle chassis with removable battery module and a method for battery module replacement
OwnerGeorge T. Chaneyinventor
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Abstract
An electric powered vehicle includes a chassis defining a battery module compartment and a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment of the chassis. A method of replacing a battery module of an electric powered vehicle provides a service facility including a plurality of battery modules and a system for charging the battery modules. Upon the entry into the service facility of a driver in an electric powered vehicle with a depleted battery module, the depleted battery module is removed from the electric powered vehicle and replaced with a battery module including a fully charged battery. The driver is then charged for the battery module including the fully charged battery.
Claims4
A method of replacing a battery module of an electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- providing electric powered vehicles, each electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis defining a battery module compartment, and
- a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment of the chassis, whereby the battery module completes the chassis upon insertion into the battery module compartment thereby providing the chassis with required structural integrity necessary to support the electric powered vehicle during travel;
- providing a service facility for the electric powered vehicles;
- providing the service facility with a plurality of battery modules and a system for charging the battery modules;
- opening the service facility to drivers owning the electric powered vehicles, whereby a driver having an electric powered vehicle with a depleted battery module enters the service facility;
- removing the depleted battery module from the electric powered vehicle, thereby removing a portion of the chassis for the electric powered vehicle;
- inserting a fully charged battery module into the electric powered vehicle, thereby completing the chassis of the electric powered vehicle and providing the chassis with required structural integrity necessary to support the electric powered vehicle during travel;
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- charging the driver for the fully charged battery module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.