Patent ID: 11888131
Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A battery storage method, comprising:
receiving, in each of a plurality of slots of a battery holding apparatus, a respective one of a plurality of batteries or a device containing a respective one of the plurality of batteries, wherein each of the plurality of slots is associated with a respective one of a plurality output devices;
holding the plurality of batteries with the battery holding apparatus;
discharging the plurality of batteries with the battery holding apparatus to reduce charge levels of the plurality of batteries;
driving a temperature control device of the battery holding apparatus with power from discharging at least one of the plurality of batteries;
sensing a charge level of each of the plurality of batteries;
controlling the plurality of output devices such that each of the plurality of output devices indicates the sensed charge level of the respective one of the plurality of batteries inserted into the associated slot or contained by the device inserted into the associated slot; and
controlling a temperature of one or more of the plurality of batteries with the temperature control device.