Patent ID: 9653719
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery including a first mechanical coupling unit and a second mechanical coupling unit, the first mechanical coupling unit including a plurality of mechanical coupling pins, each of the mechanical coupling pins including a pin head and a pin shaft, the pin head having a greater diameter than the pin shaft, and the second mechanical coupling unit including a plurality of capture elements configured to capture the pin heads of the mechanical coupling pins of the first mechanical coupling unit of a second such battery; the battery including a first electrical connector unit associated with the first mechanical coupling unit, and a second electrical connector unit associated with the second mechanical coupling unit, the second electrical connector unit being configured to cooperate with the first electrical connector unit of a second such battery to form an electrical connection therebetween upon cooperation of the second mechanical coupling unit with the first mechanical coupling unit of a second such battery; the first electrical connector unit including a first locking element and the second electrical connector unit including a second locking element; and the second locking element being configured to mechanically cooperate with the first locking element of a second such battery to lock the battery to a second such battery.