Patent ID: 6031355
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus for utilizing current flow from a high potential to a low potential for powering a load such as an electric motor comprising:a first bank of batteries connected to a second bank of batteries, each said bank of batteries constructed and arranged such that each battery within said bank of batteries is electrically connected to another battery within said bank of batteries,each said bank having positive and negative output terminals, such that a voltage potential exists between the output terminals of one of said bank of batteries and the other said bank of batteries created by the difference in voltage between one of said banks of batteries and the other said bank of batteries,means for electrically connecting a load, that responds to a voltage potential, between the like polarity terminals of said first bank and said second bank, and connecting the opposite set of like polarity terminals of each said bank to each other, a battery relay switch within each said bank of batteries to change the electrical connections of said batteries within each said bank from being connected in either series with each other to being connected in parallel with each other, or from parallel with each other to being connected in series with each other, anda means for operating said battery relay switch of said first bank of batteries and said battery relay switch of said second bank of batteries, such that the connections of said batteries within said each bank are simultaneously switched back and forth to alternately create a higher voltage potential in one said bank with a lower voltage potential in the other said bank.