Battery Patents (Class D13/119)
  • Patent number: 8267252
    Abstract: A battery holding and dispensing device can hold a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession. An arrangement for illuminating the frame is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tools Aviation, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman, Timothy Moreau, Brad Cherkas
  • Patent number: 8054041
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery body having a plurality of unit cells arranged in series and having a respective barrier disposed between adjacent unit cells. End plates are disposed on opposite outermost sides of the battery body. A fixing unit fixes together the end plates and the battery body by enclosing an outer circumference of an assembly of the end plates and the battery body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Yong Kim, Hong-Sup Lim
  • Patent number: 8049461
    Abstract: The invention discloses a dummy battery apparatus (30), configured for supplying power to a portable electronic device (10). The portable electronic device (10) has a circuit board (13), which sets at least one testing port (130). The dummy battery apparatus (30) defines at least one gap thereon, and the defining place of the gap is corresponding to the location of the testing port (130) of the circuit board (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Chung Yu
  • Patent number: D615038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Dirk Schade, Anton Schneider, Stefan Knesewitsch, Georg Pfaffenbauer
  • Patent number: D615925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Dirk Schade, Anton Schneider, Stefan Knesewitsch, Georg Pfaffenbauer
  • Patent number: D615926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Uneo, Hideaki Fujita, Mamoru Ninomiya
  • Patent number: D616365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin-Yi Wang, Mi-Chien Chen, Chun-Jen Lin, Jin-Bao Huang
  • Patent number: D616817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: StrenuMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas W. Walker, Brendalie Acosta
  • Patent number: D617732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Dirk Schade, Anton Schneider, Stefan Knesewitsch, Georg Pfaffenbauer
  • Patent number: D618171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shouji Tatehata, Atsuhiro Kumagai, Osamu Nagashima, Akiko Hikita
  • Patent number: D621353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Robert J. Mack
  • Patent number: D624016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Evriholder Products, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Stanley Seehoff, Christopher Anzalone, Huy Kha Nguyen
  • Patent number: D624878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Uneo, Mamoru Ninomiya
  • Patent number: D625263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Takuma
  • Patent number: D625264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventors: Jason W. Fredell, Robert Parks
  • Patent number: D632651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tools Aviation, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman
  • Patent number: D633034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Dirk Schade, Anton Schneider, Bela Michael Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: D633035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Dirk Schade, Anton Schneider, Bela Michael Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: D634709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: D635512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shouji Tatehata, Atsuhiro Kumagai, Osamu Nagashima
  • Patent number: D636334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Kato, Kan Hayashida
  • Patent number: D637156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Aitec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Yeon Yoon
  • Patent number: D637157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K Andre, Robert L. Coish, Brett William Degner, Ron Alan Hopkinson, Chris Ligtenberg, R. Sean Murphy, John Raff
  • Patent number: D640196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Chervon Limited
    Inventors: Jianjun Shuang, Jie Chen
  • Patent number: D640197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Chervon Limited
    Inventors: Keith Park, Jianjun Shuang
  • Patent number: D640629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Jason Levitt
  • Patent number: D642516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Arinobu Ueda, Ryo Okura
  • Patent number: D642980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Inaba
  • Patent number: D644176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Sato, Ryuji Kono, Mitsuru Koseki, Hidemasa Kawai, Hideyuki Shibanuma, Naoki Kimura, Keisuke Sawada, Fujio Hirano, Takuro Tsunaki, Takenori Ishizu, Kiyoyuki Sekine, Kinya Aota, Kouichi Kajiwara, Sho Saimaru
  • Patent number: D650740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yunoue, Akira Noguchi, Hiroyuki Andoh
  • Patent number: D652382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Nohma
  • Patent number: D658583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Robert L. Coish, Brett William Degner, Ron Alan Hopkinson, Chris Ligtenberg, R. Sean Murphy, John Raff
  • Patent number: D659636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Okuda, Shusuke Ito
  • Patent number: D660232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Elison, Glenn W. Andersen
  • Patent number: D662882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Acolyte Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Ming Wai Leo Wu
  • Patent number: D664092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Eusebio Gea Suarez
  • Patent number: D664923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventor: Shannon Harmon
  • Patent number: D665353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: C.E. Niehoff & Co.
    Inventor: George D. Balaban
  • Patent number: D666148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Inaba
  • Patent number: D666149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Inventor: Philip Sacks
  • Patent number: D669435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Donald Somerset McKenzie, Kevin Roy Sugden, Amanda Adelaide Hancock, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Patent number: D669436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Donald Somerset McKenzie, Kevin Roy Sugden, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Patent number: D671493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mophie, Inc.
    Inventors: William Benjamin Hasbrook, Sean Michael Stuck
  • Patent number: D674749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Andrew Yiu Wah Tam, Kevin Roy Sugden
  • Patent number: D677625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Grant Martin Rowe
  • Patent number: D682786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takuma, Soichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D683700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu
  • Patent number: D684535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Spartan Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest M. McDonald, II, Thomas Edward Bendlak
  • Patent number: D684536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nathan A. Abel, David M. Blomberg
  • Patent number: D685739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Anders Fahrendorff, Amanda Adelaide Hancock, Lesli Ann Mie Agcaoili