US 12,302,519 B2
Battery cassette system
Skyler Rowley, Lindon, UT (US); Gregory T Parker, San Diego, CA (US); Charles A. Woringer, Falmouth, MA (US); Seth Paulo Bangerter, American Fork, UT (US); and James Ventress, Lake Havasu City, AZ (US)
Assigned to Thrive Smart Systems Incorporated, American Fork, UT (US)
Filed by Thrive Smart Systems Incorporated, American Fork, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,661.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,651, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080355 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/244 (2021.01); F16K 27/00 (2006.01); F16K 27/12 (2006.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0286 (2013.01) [F16K 27/00 (2013.01); F16K 27/12 (2013.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H05K 5/0056 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cassette assembly comprising:
a battery case configured to secure one or more batteries; and
a first electrical connector configured to electrically couple to the one or more batteries, wherein:
a first portion of the first electrical connector has a plurality of contacts configured to contact and electrically couple to the one or more batteries; and
a second portion of the first electrical connector is configured to electrically couple to and physically interface with a second electrical connector, the first portion of the first electrical connector being different from the second portion of the first electrical connector; and
a base assembly comprising:
a wireless communication device configured to control actuation of one or more sprinkler valves; and
the second electrical connector electrically coupled to the wireless communication device, wherein the second electrical connector is configured to, via a male-female connection, physically interface with and electrically couple to the second portion of the first electrical connector responsive to the cassette assembly being removably attached to the base assembly, and wherein the second electrical connector is configured to, via the male-female connection, de-interface from and electrically uncouple from the second portion of the first electrical connector responsive to the cassette assembly being removed from the base assembly.