US 11,984,739 B1
Remote power systems, apparatus and methods
Bruce Smith, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Bo Anderson, Byron Center, MI (US); Karl Jahn Mead, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Robert Scheper, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Hyun Yoo, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Michael Held, Munich (DE); and Justin Glen Beitzel, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,999.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,284, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/00034 (2020.01) [H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A workstation including at least one electrical charge using device, the workstation for use with portable battery forming an external surface, the portable battery further including a first charge coupler adjacent the external surface, the workstation comprising:
a leg assembly;
a worktop mounted to an upper end of the leg assembly forming a top surface and an undersurface;
a support member supported by the leg assembly and forming a support surface;
a second charge coupler located adjacent support surface;
a power distribution subassembly integrated into the workstation and connecting the second coupler to the at least one electrical charge using device; and
wherein, when the external surface of the battery is in contact with the support surface, the second coupler is adjacent the first coupler to form an operable connection between the first and second couplers for discharge of the battery.