Battery pack

US9018906B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9018906-B2
Application numberUS-201213353783-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 19, 2012
Priority dateSep 9, 2011
Publication dateApr 28, 2015
Grant dateApr 28, 2015

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Abstract

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The battery pack that recognizes operation voltage of a corresponding device according to a unique resistance of the connected device and sensed through a third external terminal of the battery pack, the battery pack having a plurality of cells that can be coupled in series or in parallel to be suitable for an operation voltage of the corresponding device. The battery pack can be sold to a consumer to enable the consumer to power a variety of different electrical appliances. Alternatively, the battery pack can be incorporated into a chassis of an electrical apparatus so that the battery pack can be sold to many different manufacturers of electrical appliances.

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What is claimed is: 1. A battery pack arrangement, comprising: a battery pack; and an electrical appliance powered by the battery pack and being connected to the battery pack via positive, negative and unique resistance terminals on the battery pack, the battery pack including: a battery part including a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of switches, the plurality of switches varying an output voltage applied to the electrical appliance across the positive and negative…

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What does patent US9018906B2 cover?
The battery pack that recognizes operation voltage of a corresponding device according to a unique resistance of the connected device and sensed through a third external terminal of the battery pack, the battery pack having a plurality of cells that can be coupled in series or in parallel to be suitable for an operation voltage of the corresponding device. The battery pack can be sold to a cons…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Park Seok-Ryun, Koh Seok, Park Kyung-Ho, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01M10/4257. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).