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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Yakup Bulur, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard J. Fishbune, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark E. Maresh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Neil C. Swenson, Rochester, MN (US);
Adam M. Wheeler, Rochester, MN (US);
Yakup Bulur, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard J. Fishbune, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark E. Maresh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Neil C. Swenson, Rochester, MN (US);
Adam M. Wheeler, Rochester, MN (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A modular battery device may include a substantially planar dielectric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface spaced from and opposite the first major surface. A plurality of conductive couplers may extend through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface at spaced locations. Each conductive coupler may have a first connector element disposed at the first major surface of the substrate electrically connected to an associated second connector element forming an extension extending from the second major surface of the substrate. The device may be selectively engageable with another such device by selectively mating the first connector element of a first conductive coupler on the device in mechanical and electrical engagement with the second connector element of a second conductive coupler on the other such device. Devices having batteries may be stacked to provide parallel and/or series connections.