Energy Cell Substitution Device Including Plural Contacts (e.g., Jumper) Or With Support Means For Energy Cell Patents (Class 439/500)
  • Patent number: 9184431
    Abstract: A battery cell connector for a battery module includes a pair of cantilevered arms and base portions that are linked at the base portion by a bridge. An interconnect board for connecting a plurality of battery cells includes a circuit board and a plurality of battery cell connectors. A battery block system includes a battery block that has a tray and a plurality of battery cells, and an interconnect board in mating relationships with the tray. A battery system includes first and second bus bars, a first and second pluralities of battery cells, and an interconnect board having a plurality of battery cell connectors linking the first and second plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Boston-Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Frias, Kenneth W. Sghia-Hughes, Jamison Pezdek, W. Dale Robertson, Eric J. Carlson, Phillip E. Partin
  • Patent number: 9171651
    Abstract: An object is to provide a fixture for a component to be mounted on a circuit board which is easily manufactured and can exhibit good solderability and high whisker resistance. In a fixture which includes a solder joint plate part 11 that can be fixed on a surface of a circuit board by soldering using solder cream, and a component fixing part 12 that can be fixed to a component configured to be mounted on the circuit board, and in which Sn plating is performed at least on a solder joint surface of the solder joint plate part, the solder joint plate part 11 is divided into a plurality of long-plate-like solder joint pieces 13, and on both sides of each of the long-plate-like solder joint pieces 13, wing-like joint feet are provided to protrude through bent flexible parts 16, and the lower surface of each of the joint feet 15 becomes a solder joint surface 18 to be joined with the surface of the circuit board by solder cream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Muro
  • Patent number: 9147866
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising a battery container, a side wall, and a plate spring member. The side wall is disposed upright along a direction orthogonal to an axis of the dry battery. The plate spring member elastically urges the dry battery contained in the battery container. The plate spring member comprises a base portion, a contact portion, and a connection portion. The contact portion is in contact with a positive electrode or a negative electrode of the dry battery. The connection portion connects said base portion and said contact portion while bending. The connection portion comprises a first bent portion and a second bent portion. The first bent portion that is bent so as to connect said base portion and said contact portion in an inverted V-shape. The second bent portion comprises a projecting portion configured to project to the dry battery side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Hojo, Masashi Tanizaki, Shinji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9136512
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells including at least one row of battery cells, an electrode tab connecting the plurality of battery cells to each other in parallel, and a bus bar coupled to the electrode tab, wherein the electrode tab includes a main plate extending parallel to the at least one row of battery cells, welding parts protruding from the main plate towards the battery cells, the welding parts being connected to electrode terminals of the battery cells, and connecting parts protruding opposite the welding parts, the connecting parts being connected to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youngbae Song
  • Patent number: 9039442
    Abstract: A PCB assembly can be attached to hold one or more such assemblies. A resilient PCB housing holds a PCB by an interference fit while conductive wires are inserted into its wire cavity so that exposed portions of conductive wires make electrical contact with electrical traces of the PCB which is biased by wire insulation. Two conductors can be held by the PCB housing which are forced into electrical contact with the PCB when it is inserted into the resilient PCB housing which then biases such contacts. A switch can also be held by a switch interference fit with the resilient PCB housing such that its leads are biased against the PCB by the resilient PCB housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Carmen Rapisarda
  • Patent number: 9039454
    Abstract: In a busbar module for connecting a plurality of batteries of a battery unit, the batteries are arranged so that electrodes of each of the batteries having different polarities are disposed adjacent to each other. The busbar module includes a plurality of busbars, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of wires, a plurality of plates and a connector. The busbars connect the electrodes adjacent to each other. The terminals are connected to the busbars respectively to detect a voltage of the batteries. The wires are connected to the terminals respectively. The plates accommodate the busbar, the terminals and the wires, and provided above the battery unit. The connector connects the plates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Shinichi Yanagihara, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 9028272
    Abstract: A foreign material removing structure includes an inserting hole, a battery-side terminal, and a push-out section. The hole provided in a battery pack extends in an attaching direction of the pack, and has an opening that a charger-side terminal can enter, the opening being formed in one end side in an extending direction. The battery-side terminal is provided in the hole to contact the charger-side terminal that enters the hole from the opening when the pack is attached to the charger. The section provided on the further forward side in the attaching direction than the opening in the pack has a surface that intersects the attaching direction. The structure is configured such that the section is at a region shifted to the further forward side in the attaching direction than the charger-side terminal when the forward side in the attaching direction of the battery-side terminal contacts the charger-side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Sakai, Kouji Okamura
  • Patent number: 8993153
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ramped battery contacts for a battery pack that support multiple engagement methods to devices, such as terminals, recharging stations, and the like. The battery pack can make a connection with a terminal one way and with a recharging station with another. Advantageously, the multiple engagement methods allow for different connectors for the different applications associated with the terminal and the recharging station. In an exemplary embodiment, the ramped battery contacts enable a terminal to connect to a battery pack through pogo-pin contacts to prevent disconnections in a rugged environment. The same ramped battery contacts can connect to a recharging station with leaf spring contacts through a swiping action that makes insertion and removal of the battery pack in the recharger quicker and easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bacon, Edward Voli
  • Patent number: 8982579
    Abstract: An electrical assembly is assembled by affixing two conductors to a battery block without the use of solder, inserting a PCB into a PCB opening in the battery block and inserting a battery into a battery block opening in the battery block. Each of the two conductors will have a first lead in mechanical and electrical contact with the battery without the use of any solder and a second lead in mechanical and electrical contact with the PCB without any use of solder. As a result of such assembly, the PCB is held within the PCB opening by a mechanical fit without the use of any solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Carmen Rapisarda
  • Patent number: 8974246
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a case having a battery loading part to load a battery thereon, a printed circuit board mounted in the case, a terminal connection accommodating space formed in a predetermined portion of the battery loading part and extending in a first direction, a connection terminal comprising a fixing part configured to be connected to the printed circuit board, a connecting part extending toward the battery loading part via the terminal connection accommodating space, and a flexible part having a plurality of curved portions arranged between the fixing part and the connecting part and a stopper extending in the terminal connection accommodating space to restrict contraction of the flexible part in the first direction by coming into contact with one of the curved portions when the flexible part is contracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngchul Son, Jeongho Kim
  • Patent number: 8976534
    Abstract: In order that even the cell connectors (17) of, for instance, a traction rechargeable battery (11) which carry very high currents can be connected to a battery management system (21) in a fault-resistant and functionally reliable manner, firstly a circuit board (24) in the form of a leadframe (25) encapsulated with plastic by injection molding is latched onto the housing (13) mechanically grouping the cells (12), said circuit board in any case not projecting higher than the adjacent end faces (15) of the cell terminal connections (14) projecting at a clear radial distance therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Zehdenick Innovative Metall-und Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Warmuth, Thomas Schmiedel, Andre Schmidt, Ronny Warsinke
  • Patent number: 8930738
    Abstract: A common form-factor battery backup system includes a battery system configured to provide electrical energy to an external system. A control circuit is configured to compare a monitored voltage level associated with the external system to a minimum acceptable voltage level and, if the monitored voltage is less than the minimum acceptable voltage level, provide electrical energy from the battery system to the external system. The battery backup system is configured to fit within a common form-factor storage space within a data system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. King, Jr., Phillip J. Roux
  • Patent number: 8920963
    Abstract: A portable device, which performs wireless communication with a communication peer, includes a battery, which powers an electronic component, and a case, which accommodates the electronic component and battery. The case includes a battery compartment having an opening. An elastic waterproof seal surrounds the opening. A battery lid, which covers the opening, is formed integrally with the waterproof seal and coupled to the case in a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the waterproof seal. A rim around the opening of the battery compartment pushes the waterproof seal when coupling the battery lid to the case thereby elastically deforming the waterproof seal in an inward radial direction. The waterproof seal, when elastically deformed, keeps the battery lid coupled to the case and seals the battery lid and case in a liquid-tight state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirano, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Takeshi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8917359
    Abstract: A power supply for a television and a television including the same, the power supply including: a rectifier which rectifies input AC power; a converter which converts the rectified power into DC power through a switching control; a circuit board on which at least one of the rectifier and the converter is mounted; and an input connector which receives the AC power and is mounted on the circuit board such that a projecting height of the input connector projecting from the circuit board is substantially equal to or smaller than a projecting height of at least one of the rectifier and the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-deok Choi
  • Patent number: 8871375
    Abstract: A coupling member between battery cells and a battery cell assembly using the same are disclosed. Specifically, a coupling member between battery cells comprises a coupling body having battery insertion holes at first and second sides of the coupling body, and an insertion space in an interior of the coupling body; and a conductor installed in the insertion space to partition the insertion space into the first and second sides, the conductor configured to contact an electrode of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Ju Lim
  • Patent number: 8858244
    Abstract: Abnormal noise at a battery pack busbar module is prevented. A battery pack busbar module includes busbar accommodating portions each accommodate busbars which connect in series batteries, cover portions coupled by hinges to one of side edges of openings in the busbar accommodating portions to cover the openings, and lock portions to lock the cover portions by bringing first engagement portions provided on the other side edges of the busbar accommodating portions and second engagement portions provided on the cover portions into engagement with each other, and ribs projecting from the cover portions to come into abutment with the busbar accommodating portions are formed in positions spaced away from the lock portions, a height of the ribs being set such that the second engagement portions are not brought into engagement with the first engagement portions when the ribs abut the busbar accommodating portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Takao Syouji, Shinichi Yanagihara, Michio Ota, Kenji Eto
  • Patent number: 8851907
    Abstract: A contact node of a portable terminal includes: a body fixed on a main board of the portable terminal; at least one first contact piece protruding through one side surface of the body; and at least one second contact piece protruding through another side surface of the body, wherein one of the first contact piece and second contact piece is disposed toward an outer side surface of the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8831257
    Abstract: An exterior power supply for a hearing aid has a battery-shaped conductor, two thin power contacts, and a DC power source. The battery-shaped conductor is received in a battery container of the hearing aid and has a top electrode and a bottom electrode. The thin power contacts are mounted to the battery-shaped conductor and respectively and electronically connected to the top and bottom electrodes of the battery-shaped conductor. Each thin power contact has a thickness matching a gap between an opening and a door of the battery container of the hearing aid. The DC power source is electronically connected to the battery-shaped conductor through a power wire and the thin power contacts to output DC power to the top and bottom electrodes of the battery-shaped conductor. Therefore, the hearing aid obtains DC power from the battery-shaped conductor and the button cell is not replaced frequently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventors: Chum Lee, Huey-Ling Kao Ulrey
  • Patent number: 8784145
    Abstract: A connector has a housing having a contact hole, and a movable contact that projects movably into and out of the contact hole of the housing. A contact surface of the movable contact is formed by an elastically deformable arc-shaped thin portion. The arc-shaped thin portion has a uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Koyama, Hirotada Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8764479
    Abstract: A battery connector is disclosed. The battery connector is disposed in a mounting side of a motherboard, and an input/output port is positioned on the mounting side for inserting outer connectors. Wherein, the electric connector includes a connector body having a battery accommodating space for accommodating the battery. The connector body is located on the mounting side and the input/output port is positioned on the mounting side. The computer case has a slot near the input/output port, and the slot is disposed corresponding to the battery accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 8759991
    Abstract: A portable internal combustion engine and a charging device that generates AC power are supported on a manually movable frame. A coupling mechanism which can include a starter circuit and starting device, or a charging circuit and charging device, or both device couples a battery receptacle terminal block to the internal combustion engine. The battery receptacle can include various features to permit and retain electrical coupling between a battery pack for a cordless power tool. For example, key protrusions and corresponding recesses can be associating with latching projections. Additionally or alternatively, cooperating rails and recesses may be associated with the battery pack and receptacle, respectively. Spring loaded movable clips or resilient flexing clips can be included to act on the battery pack. An electrical cord may also be used to couple receptacle terminals to the coupling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Grant, Michael K. Forster
  • Patent number: 8734191
    Abstract: A touch safe right angle power connector includes a header assembly that includes a conductive pin, an inner shroud that surrounds the pin, and an outer shroud that surrounds the inner shroud. The inner shroud has slots therethrough. The power connector includes a power terminal connector having a plug housing that has a cavity and an insert assembly that is received in the cavity. The insert assembly has a terminal body configured to be terminated to an end of a conductor of a power cable and is electrically connected to the pin of the header assembly. The insert assembly has a dielectric insert that holds the terminal body. The insert assembly has a shield that surrounds the dielectric insert and provides shielding for the terminal body. The plug housing has optional ribs which are received in corresponding slots to orient the power terminal with respect to the header assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Weiping Zhao
  • Patent number: 8727813
    Abstract: A combination of a thin type battery and a circuit board is provided, including a thin type battery, a circuit board, and a joint connector. The thin type battery includes a shell body, a soft packaging cell, and an electric connector. The joint connector is disposed at the circuit board and connected electrically to a circuit of the circuit board. The soft packaging cell of the thin type battery is disposed in the shell body and includes a battery body and a top sealing area. The electric connector is connected electrically to the soft packaging cell. The electric connector can be plugged into the joint connector in a first direction or a second direction, so that the thin type battery can be plugged into the mobile electronic device through the electric connector in the first direction or second direction, to supply power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: UER Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Da Yang, Ray-Tang Sun
  • Patent number: 8721368
    Abstract: A power terminal connector includes a multi-layered buss bar that has a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion and a flexible section between the first and second mounting portions. The flexible section has multiple layers of metal sheets in a stacked configuration. A first terminal assembly is coupled to the first mounting portion and a second terminal assembly is coupled to the second mounting portion. The first and second terminal assemblies are coupled to corresponding pins of corresponding power terminals. The multi-layered buss bar is configured to electrically interconnect the power terminals coupled to the first and second terminal assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Weiping Zhao
  • Patent number: 8691416
    Abstract: A battery interface module is provided that includes a housing and a battery interface carried by the housing and configured to interface with a battery. The battery interface may include a first power bus interface, a first fluid interface and a first data interface. The battery interface module may also include first and second transmission interfaces carried by the housing. At least one of the first and second transmission interfaces may be configured to interface with another battery interface module. Each transmission interface may include a second power bus interface, a second fluid interface and a second data interface. Additionally, the first and second power bus interfaces may be in electrical communication, the first and second fluid interfaces may be in fluid communication and the first and second data interfaces may be communicably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael L. Carroll, Larry Alan Foy
  • Patent number: 8673481
    Abstract: A housing (610, 620) for a button-type battery (?) includes a cavity with resilient conductive terminals (300, 400) therein and a door (500) opposite the terminals (300, 400). When a battery (?) is pushed inside the cavity and the door (500) is moved to its closed position, the resilient terminals (300, 400) hold the battery (?) in place, applying a force urging the battery (?) against the door (500) to better maintain electrical contact. When the door (500) is moved to its open position, the resilient terminals (300, 400) push the battery (?) at least one fifth of its diameter out of the cavity, so a user can pull out the battery (?) by hand and change the battery (?) easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 8657635
    Abstract: A terminal configured to be pressed into and fixed to a base material has a press-fit fixing portion configured to be pressed into the base material, a branch portion extending from the press-fit fixing portion, a plurality of extension portions that extend from the branch portion in a meandering manner, such that at least one meandering slit is formed thereby, a tip portion integrated with a free end of the extension portion, and a movable contact portion formed on the tip portion that is configured to protrude out of a contacting hole of the base material so as to be taken in and out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Koyama, Hirotada Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8658301
    Abstract: A battery ejecting structure is applied to a portable electronic device which comprises a housing and a battery. The battery ejecting structure comprises an ejecting element, a cover, a pushing element and an elastic element. The ejecting element is movably located in the container of the housing; the cover is connected pivotally to the housing and covers the container to be a closed state, and the cover restricts the ejecting element to move via a blocking element; the pushing element is located in the housing, and the fixed member of the ejecting element is connected to the pushing element through the housing. Wherein when the cover is rotated relative to the housing to form an open state, the blocking element disengages from the container, and the pushing element is moved by an elastic restoring force of the elastic element to unlock the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chieh Cheng, Yao-Ting Lee
  • Patent number: 8652678
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a system for providing electric power during use. The battery pack system includes at least one cell carrier assembly configured to provide electric current during use. The cell carrier assembly has a substantially planar configuration. The battery pack system further includes a battery pack enclosure for housing the at least one cell carrier assembly. The battery pack enclosure has at least one wall with at least one channel sized to receive an edge of the cell carrier assembly to locate the cell carrier assembly at a location within the battery pack enclosure and provide a thermal pathway during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Vecture Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Jack Musetti
  • Publication number: 20140045367
    Abstract: A system for removably mounting at least one battery on a person support apparatus is disclosed. Various latching mechanisms and locations for mounting are disclosed. A recharging station for recharging the battery is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: John D. Christie, Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri, Keith Kubicek, Todd P. O'Neal, Stan Garner
  • Publication number: 20140009118
    Abstract: A battery adapter, the battery adapter comprising a body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is configured so as to mechanically and electrically connect to an electrical device, and the second portion is configured so as to mechanically and electrically connect to a battery, wherein the electrical device and the battery are characterized by different form-fit factors; wherein the first portion is electrically connected to the second portion so that a battery connected to the second portion can power an electrical device connected to the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Global Technology Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8625302
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body and a port connector. The main body includes a printed circuit board, a bottom plate and a side plate cooperatively defining a opening. The printed circuit board is fixed parallelly to the bottom plate. The port connector includes an outer angled plate having a first wall, a second wall, and first pins and second pins. The first wall is attached to the bottom plate and defines first ports. The second wall is attached to the side plate and defines second ports. Each of the first pins is retained within one of the first ports and contacting the printed circuit board. Each of the second pins is retained within one of the second ports and contacting the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Hung Chu, Fu-Fa Le, Song-Ling Yang
  • Publication number: 20140004737
    Abstract: A battery holder includes: a plastic base having at least one positive terminal fixing slot, a negative terminal fixing slot and an accommodating slot, the accommodating slot having a bottom portion and a circumferential wall; at least one positive terminal integrally having a fixing portion, an elastic arm and at least one pin; and a negative terminal integrally having a fixing portion, an elastic arm and at least one pin. The positive terminal fixing slot is disposed on the bottom portion, extends horizontally and has an inserting port on one end of the bottom portion. The horizontal fixing portion of the positive terminal is inserted into and engages with the positive terminal fixing slot through the inserting port. A circumferential wall above the inserting port has an opening, through which the contact of the positive terminal can run to the accommodating slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Chou Hsien TSAI
  • Patent number: 8610289
    Abstract: A semiconductor component including a first layer (10) of a semiconductor material as a substrate, a second layer (12) running on said first layer (10), and at least two intermediate layers (14, 16) made of the materials of the first and second layers running between the first and second layer, where the first intermediate layer (16) facing the second layer (12) may contain a eutectic mixture (18) made of the materials of the first and second layers. The invention is also directed to an electroconductive contact (15, 15a, 15b) forming an electroconductive connection to the first layer and originating at or running through the second layer, as well as to a method for producing the metal-semiconductor contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Schott Solar AG
    Inventors: Bernd Wildpanner, Hilmar Von Campe, Werner Buss
  • Patent number: 8591242
    Abstract: A battery contact module for use in a power tool including a housing (12) and a battery (30) insertable into the housing. The battery contact module (28) includes a contact block (32) movably connected to the housing (12) and a pair of opposing terminals (34) attached to the contact block (32) and configured to contact the battery (30). Thus, the contact block (32) moves relative to the housing (12) to maintain constant electrical contact pressure between each of the terminals (34) and the battery (30). The contact block (32) including locating posts (52) that loosely engage receptacle (22) on the housing (12) to allow for movement or float of the contact module in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Heinzen, Robert Scott Buetow
  • Patent number: 8574003
    Abstract: A busbar includes a battery connecting portion and a wire connecting portion as a circuit body connecting portion. The battery connecting portion connects electrodes of two batteries to each other. The wire connecting portion is continued to the battery connecting portion, and connected directly with an electric wire so as to overlap a core wire of an electric wire thereon. The wire connecting portion includes a welding portion which the core wire of the electric wire is welded to, and a bridge portion connecting the welding portion and the battery connecting portion. A cross-sectional area of the bridge portion along an intersecting direction intersecting a direction of connecting the welding portion and the battery connecting portion is formed to be smaller than a cross-sectional area of the welding portion along the intersecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Shinichi Yanagihara, Hideki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8556667
    Abstract: A space-saving terminal includes a depth that is short and a floor space that is small. The terminal further includes a fixing part for press-in pressed into and fixed to a base material, a support part projected upward so as to cross with the fixing part for press-in, two extension parts extended downward while meandering from a branch portion on a tip of the support part so as to form a meandering slit, and a movable contact part projected from a tip portion formed by integrating free ends of the extension parts so as to be capable of moving in and out of a contacting hole of the base material. The support part is curved outward in order to avoid contact with the tip portion of the extension part while the tip portion is displaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Koyama, Hirotada Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8545259
    Abstract: The invention is based on a spare handheld power tool module, having at least one interface that has at least one contact region and at least one electrical contact that is disposed at least partly in the contact region. It is proposed that the interface has at least one closure unit, which is provided for covering the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Gunter Flinspach, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Patent number: 8541130
    Abstract: A battery module includes multiple electrochemical cells, a circuit board, and multiple interconnectors. Each electrochemical cell includes a terminal. Each of the interconnectors is coupled to the circuit board and to a terminal of one of the electrochemical cells. Each of the interconnectors is a resilient spring-type interconnector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Controls—SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Pascal Muis
  • Publication number: 20130223102
    Abstract: A device for powering battery dependent equipment with AC power includes faux batteries that correspond with standard and non-standard battery sizes and configurations; cables; and a means for connecting the faux batteries to an outlet. Instead of inserting batteries into the battery compartment of equipment, a user inserts the faux batteries, plugs the inventive device into a wall socket, and uses the device as usual. A variety of different configurations and components ensure safety and deliver the desired output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Scott G. Williams
  • Patent number: 8506322
    Abstract: Portable computer battery structures are provided. The portable computer battery structures may include a battery with a metal enclosure and a battery cable with a floating end. The battery may have six cells. Three pairs of parallel-connected cells may be connected together in series. The six cells may be substantially planar in shape. The battery may have a connector with at least five conductive pins and six recesses. The battery cable may have a cable with at least five conductive pins that mate with the five pins of the battery's connector and with six support pins that slide into the six recesses of the battery's connector. The batter connector may be formed on a printed circuit board substrate that folds over on itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley L. Spare, Michael D. Hillman, Robert L. Coish, Chris Ligtenberg
  • Patent number: 8506334
    Abstract: Battery connectors that have a small size, are easily connected and disconnected during manufacturing and repair, are resistant to misconnection, and during connection, form electrical contact for one or both power pins before a signal pin. In one example, size may be reduced by providing a lid having a flat surface. Another example may provide a lid that extends beyond an edge of the socket in one or more directions to allow the lid to be pried with a finger during removal. Another example may provide a socket that is keyed using a negative space, which may mate with an open space in the lid. This mating may prevent the lid from being misconnected with the socket during manufacturing or repair. Another example may provide signal pins having a lower height than power and ground pins, such that power and ground connections are formed first when a battery is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Euan Abraham
  • Patent number: 8491338
    Abstract: A battery connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contact terminals, conductive terminals and elastic elements which are disposed to the insulating housing. Each elastic element is restricted between the contact terminal and the conductive terminal. The insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal cavities and two inserting slots. Each contact terminal has two resisting arms slidably located in the inserting slots. Each resisting arm protrudes downward to form an abutting arm located in the terminal cavity. Each conductive terminal has two connecting slices inserted in the inserting slots, and a holding slice stretching in the terminal cavity. An electrical connection is realized between the contact terminal and the corresponding conductive terminal by means of the resisting arms electrically abutting against the corresponding connecting slices and the abutting arms electrically clamping the holding slice therebetween under the bias of the connecting slices acting on the resisting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Proconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Lin, Ta-Chih Yu
  • Patent number: 8483776
    Abstract: A printed circuit board for a wireless communications device includes an acoustic path, and acoustically couples microphone circuitry mounted to a surface of the printed circuit board to an exterior of the wireless communications device. A portion of the acoustic path is integrally formed with the printed circuit board and extends generally parallel to the surface of the printed circuit board. One end of the acoustic path is disposed proximate the microphone circuitry and an opposing end opens to receive acoustic sound from the exterior of the wireless communications device. Audible sound propagates through the acoustic path to the microphone circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Matthew Justin Murray
  • Patent number: 8480426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery connecting tabs for electrically connecting a plurality of batteries. The battery connecting tabs include a first layer and a second layer adhered to the first layer. The second layer is physically and electrically connected to the first layer, and the second layer has a plurality of holes formed thereon, wherein the conductivity of the second layer is higher than the first layer, the thickness of the second layer is thicker than the first layer, and the first layer is physically and electrically connected to electrodes of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Te Chuang
  • Patent number: 8460026
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to coupling and/or holding devices for electrically and/or mechanically contacting circuit elements, such as power sources, sensors, transducers and other devices. In one embodiment, a coupling device comprises a substrate having at least one printed conductive element and at least one fold, flap, slit, slot, perforation or other alteration configured to encourage contact between a circuit element, such as a battery, sensor, transducer or other element, and the at least one printed conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Soligic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Tate, David G. Sime
  • Patent number: 8428802
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle assistance system including an assistance vehicle provided with a power source; an assisted vehicle driven by power; and an electric cable which electrically connects the assistance vehicle to the assisted vehicle, wherein the power of the power source is supplied from the assistance vehicle to the assisted vehicle via the electric cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Kizaki
  • Publication number: 20130090006
    Abstract: A compact adapter for providing electrical power to a battery-operated device. The power is derived when the adapter is connected to a common and widely-used AC-DC transformer. The highly portable adapter universally replaces the need for batteries and can be quickly installed in the battery compartment where a battery would otherwise be placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: John Thanh Huynh
  • Patent number: 8388382
    Abstract: A bus bar 3 connects in series the plurality of batteries 10 by connecting a positive electrode 12 with a negative electrode 13 in each of the adjacent batteries. A terminal 4 is connected to the bus bar, and to which an electric wire is attached. The bus bar 3 and the terminal 4 are integrally formed with each other with a coupling portion 9. Further, the terminal 4 includes at least a pair of press-connecting blades 42d for cutting through an insulating cover of an electric wire 5 and press-contacting a core wire of the electric wire 5 when the electric wire 5 is press-fitted into between the press-connecting blades 42d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 8382525
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a direct-connect fuse unit for a battery terminal that can restrain from being upsized and can mount various kinds of electrical components. A conducting hardware is integrally provided with a connecting terminal. The connecting terminal is bent in a plate thickness direction of the conductive hardware to project from a surface of a casing. An electrical component housing contains and holds an external electrical component connected to the connecting terminal. The electrical component housing is separated from the casing and is adapted to be fitted in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki