Motorola Corporation

Due Quoc Huynh

Charles William Friedli

Kevin K Maggert

Andreas R Haase

William B Kiger

Micheal M Austin

Scott H Richards

John E Herrmann

Grant H Lloyd

Willard F Amero, Jr

Todd L Smith

Michael M Austin

Seng Chan

Brian Thomas Pozsgay

Thomas P Kirby

Ali H Zaidi

Ronald A Kaufman

Elizabeth A Bryant

Robert T Schwartz

Myra Kincaid

Diann J Beesch

An improved electrical interconnect member for rechargeable battery packs is provided. The interconnect member includes a metal tab and a plastic housing. The metal tab preferably includes side bends projecting below the tab in a non-perpendicular geometric orientation with the top of the tab. The tab includes at least one lance for preventing post-assembly, lateral movement between the tab and housing. The housing is preferably Y-shaped, with the outer surfaces of the Y having concave curvatures. The concave curvatures allow the housing to seat between adjoining, cylindrical cells. The housing includes a rail with a cross section that corresponds to the area between the side bends and the top of the tab. The housing also includes a post for coupling to the lances.

Interconnect for rechargeable computer batteries

This invention includes a battery pack capable of attaching to an ordinary belt. The battery pack includes springy, U-shaped clips that are capable of coupling to objects such as belts. The clips are coupled to the battery pack by way of ball and socket joints, thereby allowing the battery pack to be mounted at any of a number of angles, including horizontal and vertical configurations. The battery pack optionally includes a torso accommodation curve to make the battery pack more comfortable for the user.

Detached portable battery with universal clip

This invention includes a charger that may be mounted either in a horizontal configuration, e.g. on a desktop, or in a vertical configuration, e.g. on a wall. The charger has pockets geometrically oriented so as to support batteries in either configuration. Each pocket includes a corresponding display. As changing from a desktop configuration to a wall mount configuration requires the user to rotate the charger by 180 degrees, a switch is provided to rotate the information shown on the display by 180 degrees. The switch is preferably recessed below the surface of the charger so as to prevent nuisance actuation. The resulting orientation of the display is stored in a non-volatile memory to prevent resets when power is removed. By holding the switch down for a predetermined amount of time, a user can send the display into a test mode so as to run diagnostics and verify proper display operation.

Dual mount charger with inverting display

Battery charger

This invention includes an improved interconnect assembly for use in rechargeable battery packs for laptop computers. The invention eliminates manufacturing defects resulting from the hand soldering processes of the prior art. The assembly provides interconnection for rechargeable cells oriented end to end, in parallel rows. Insulated runners provide interconnection to a bus located along the center of the end to end cells. The bus is a flexible circuit that couples to a printed circuit board. In one preferred embodiment, the bus is less than two inches in diameter and less than the diameters of the parallel rows of end to end cells in length. The assembly eliminates the need for hand soldering, eliminates cumbersome wire routing, and offers multiple insulation features that prevent electrical shorts.

Interconnect system for rechargeable computer batteries

This invention is an adapter that fits on a cellular phone that allows a plurality of batteries to be connected in parallel. More specifically, this invention is an adapter that allows a standard cellular telephone battery to be fitted on a phone in the same fashion that an extended capacity or &ldquo;aux&rdquo; battery would. The adapter has an aperture for accommodating a battery, as well as electrical connections which couple the battery contacts to the phone's electrical contacts. An end user can use this invention to power a phone. Additionally the device can be used in conjunction with a battery charger to charge a spare battery.

Auxiliary battery adapter for cellular telephones

Battery for a laptop computer

A substrate (200) to which a component (210) is mounted includes at least two mounting pads (215, 220) formed thereon for electrically coupling to a single terminal of the component (210) and for aligning the component (210) on the substrate (200) during a reflow operation.

Electronic device having self-aligning solder pad design

Battery charger housing

A leaded component (10) is provided with first and second leads (14 & 16). The leads are formed with stopping deviations (26 & 28) which prevent the leads from being inserted into a circuit board (38) beyond the stopping deviations. The leads may also be provided with retaining deviations (34 & 36) which function to retain the component on the circuit board. Further, the stopping deviations may be formed so as to indicate the polarity of a component, and finally, the stopping deviations may be provided with mounting portions (50 & 52) so that the leaded component may be surface mounted on a circuit board (54).

Electrical component having formed leads

Battery pack housing for a portable radio/telephone

An electrical device (40) has a contact (58) for electrically interconnecting with a second device. The contact (58) is disposed on a rib (60) extending downward from the top of an upper housing (42) of the electrical device. The contact (58) has a cantilevered arm extending from a downward portion (68), and terminates in a contact head (78) which extend upwards through an opening (56). The downward portion (68) of the contact (58) has a contact point (72) for contacting an exposed conductor (50) deflectably mounted on a printed circuit board (46), which is disposed in a lower housing (44). When the upper and lower housings (42) and (44) are assembled together, the contact point (72) is pressed against the exposed conductor (50), deflecting it, and forming a gas tight solderless electrical connection.

Electrical device having a solderness electrical contact

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Lawrenceville, GA, United States of America

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