Patent ID: 9391306
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A battery carriage comprising: a first dual-contact assembly including a first positive contact configured to contact a positive terminal of a battery when the battery is installed in a first orientation and a first negative contact configured to contact a negative terminal of the battery when the battery is installed in a second orientation; a second dual-contact assembly including a second positive contact configured to contact the positive terminal of the battery when the battery is installed in the second orientation and a second negative contact configured to contact the negative terminal of the battery when the battery is installed in the first orientation; a body portion to which the first dual-contact assembly is affixed, the body portion including a first coupling portion including a third positive contact electrically coupled to the first positive contact and a third negative contact electrically coupled to the first negative contact; and a separable portion to which the second dual-contact assembly is affixed, the separable portion including a second coupling portion including a fourth positive contact electrically coupled to the second positive contact and a fourth negative contact electrically coupled to the second negative contact; where the separable portion is selectively moveable into and out of a coupled state with the body portion, such that, responsive to the separable portion and the body portion moving into the coupled state, the third positive contact physically contacts with and electrically couples to the fourth positive contact and the third negative contact physically contacts with and electrically couples to the fourth negative contact, thereby electrically coupling the first positive contact to the second positive contact and electrically coupling the first negative contact to the second negative contact; and where, in the coupled state, the first dual-contact assembly and the second dual-contact assembly are held in a spaced relationship to define a receptacle in which the first dual-contact assembly and the second dual-contact assembly are operable to hold opposing ends of the battery in either the first orientation or the second orientation.