STRUCTURALLY MOUNTABLE BATTERY

• Main Authors: Boozer, Brad G, Oba, Hirotsugu, Zhang, Michael P, Atura Bushnell, Tyler S, Jung, Woojin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.03.2023
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack configured to be structurally mounted to a portable electronic device. The battery pack comprises a plurality of layers and an enclosure. The enclosure comprises a first surface and a plurality of walls that extend from the first surface in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. A portion of the first surface extends past at least one wall of the plurality of walls. The enclosure comprises a second surface configured to be connected to the plurality of walls to form a body configured to enclose the plurality of layers. The portion of the first surface is configured to be coupled to a device and the battery pack is configured to provide at least one component of the device with power when the portion of the first surface is coupled to the device.