Integrated replaceable energy storage and coolant module
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsReid F. Lowell, Kenneth W. Brown, A-Lan V. Reynolds, Alan A. Rattray
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Abstract
There is disclosed a self-contained electronic apparatus containing at least some power-dissipating components which may require cooling. The self-contained electronic apparatus may also include a removable and replaceable energy storage module. The removable and replaceable energy storage module may include a power element to provide electrical energy for the self-contained electronic apparatus and a cooling element to cool at least a portion of the power dissipating components.
Claims24
A self-contained electronic apparatus, comprising:
- one or more power-dissipating components
- an energy storage module comprising
- a housing detachable from the self-contained electronic apparatus
- a rechargeable power storage element contained within the housing, the rechargeable power storage element to store electrical energy to operate the self-contained electronic apparatus
- a rechargeable cooling element contained within the housing, the rechargeable cooling element to cool at the one or more power dissipating components.
An energy storage module for a self-contained electronic apparatus, comprising
- a housing detachable from the self-contained electronic apparatus
- a rechargeable power storage element contained within the housing
- a rechargeable cooling element contained within the housing.
A method of operating a self-contained electronic apparatus including a removable and replaceable energy storage module, comprising:
- operating the self-contained electronic equipment until at least one of a rechargeable power element and a rechargeable cooling element within a first removable and replaceable energy storage module are depleted
- replacing the first removable and replaceable energy storage module with a second removable and replaceable energy storage module
- recharging the first removable and replaceable energy storage module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.