US 11,728,606 B2
Flexible connector mechanism for light electrical vehicles
Nick Foley, San Francisco, CA (US); Andrew Titus, San Francisco, CA (US); and Shai Schechter, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Neutron Holdings, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by NEUTRON HOLDINGS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,363.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,040, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0344152 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 35/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01M 50/521 (2021.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01)
CPC H01R 35/02 (2013.01) [B60L 53/80 (2019.02); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/521 (2021.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/6315 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery holster for receiving a rechargeable battery for a light electric vehicle, the battery holster comprising:
a substantially planar surface forming a base portion of the battery holster, the substantially planar surface defining a cavity;
a flexible connector portion at least partially disposed on the substantially planar surface defining the cavity; and
a first electrical contact extending from the flexible connector portion and adapted to mate with a second electrical contact of the rechargeable battery when the rechargeable battery is removeably coupled to the battery holster, wherein the flexible connector portion enables the first electrical contact to be manipulated about a plurality of axes of the substantially planar surface when the first electrical contact mates with the second electrical contact of the rechargeable battery.