A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a battery array, and an identifier that is associated with the battery array. The identifier is readable by a control module of an electrified vehicle when the battery array is in an installed position within the electrified vehicle.

A battery and a corresponding battery charger, wherein the battery charger can identify a type of the connected battery to ensure that an appropriate charging current is supplied.

Disclosed is a battery including a casing including cells housed therein and a terminal part including a connection terminal connected to an electrode terminal of a connection apparatus, in which in the casing, a functional groove having a predetermined function in which a longitudinal direction coincides with a connection direction of the connection terminal and the electrode terminal is formed, and the functional groove includes a plurality of functional units having different lengths which are continuously formed. Accordingly, since there is no part that divides a functional unit between a plurality of functional units having different lengths, a size of the functional groove in a direction in which the functional units are continuous is a sum of sizes of a plurality of functional units, and thus it is possible to reduce the size of the battery while securing high functionality.

For each cell in a plurality of cells from a same manufacturing run, a first and a second cell characteristic are received in order to obtain a plurality of cell characteristics. For each cell, a batch compatibility number that is associated with a number of compatible cells that that cell is compatible with is determined based at least in part on the plurality of cell characteristics. The plurality of cells is sorted according to the batch compatibility numbers to obtain a sorted list of cells. A plurality of compatible cells to include in a battery is selected from the plurality of cells, including by evaluating the plurality of cells according to the order of the sorted list of cells and beginning with the lowest batch compatibility number.

A rechargeable pack is provided for containing and recharging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a first connector which is electrically connectable to an external power source; a first recharging mechanism for re-charging the pack battery using the external power source when the first connector is electrically connected to the external power source; a second connector which is electrically connectable to the e-cigarette when the e-cigarette is received within the pack; and a second recharging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette using the pack battery when the e-cigarette is electrically connected to the second connector. The second recharging mechanism can be configured to provide protection against the pack battery providing excessive current through the second connector.

An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a primary power supply (PPS) configured to supply primary power, a PPS sensor configured to measure the power supplied by the PPS and provide a PPS measurement signal indicating an amount of the power supplied by the PPS, a backup power supply (BPS) configured to be provided in an emergency data system and further configured to supply backup power to a modem, and an integrated circuit configured to maintain a clock using the power supplied by the PPS. The integrated circuit is configured to receive the PPS measurement signal from the PPS sensor, determine whether the PPS measurement signal falls below a threshold, and maintain the clock using the power supplied by the BPS in response to a determination that the PPS measurement signal has fallen below the threshold.

A method is used for increasing the discharge capacity (Q.sub.disch) of a battery cell provided with charge/discharge terminals to which a charging voltage can be applied with a flowing charging current. The method involves applying a plurality of charge cycles to the battery cell, each of which comprises applying a plurality of constant voltage stages each comprising intermittent voltage plateaus, and monitoring current flow. The temperature of the battery cell is monitored and maintained under a predetermined limit temperature, and the charge cycles are performed until the discharge capacity reaches a predetermined target capacity greater than the rated capacity.

A riding lawn mower, including: a frame; a seat; a walking assembly and a walking motor; a cutting assembly and a driving motor configured to drive the cutting assembly; a first energy storage device configured to supply power to at least one of the walking motor or the driving motor, the first energy storage device detachably mounted to the frame and enabled to supply power to a handheld power tool when detached from the riding lawn mower; and a second energy storage device configured to supply power to at least one of the walking motor or the driving motor; wherein a ratio of a total energy of the second energy storage device to a total energy of the first energy storage device is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 20.

A riding lawn mower, including: a frame; a seat; a walking assembly and a walking motor; a cutting assembly and a driving motor configured to drive the cutting assembly; a first energy storage device configured to supply power to at least one of the walking motor or the driving motor, the first energy storage device including at least one first energy storage unit, the first energy storage device detachably mounted to the frame and enabled to supply power to a handheld power tool when detached from the riding lawn mower; and a second energy storage device configured to supply power to at least one of the walking motor or the driving motor, the second energy storage device including at least one second energy storage unit; wherein an energy density of the second energy storage unit is different from an energy density of the first energy storage unit.

A battery module, an upper-level battery management system (BMS), and an automatic identification (ID) assignment system of a battery module are provided. A battery module, configured to wirelessly communicate with an upper-level battery management system (BMS) and be inserted into at least one battery module mounting part formed in a battery rack, includes: a pressure detection unit provided on a predetermined surface part of the battery module, the pressure detection unit being configured to: detect a pressure applied to the predetermined surface part, and output a pressure value, a wireless communication unit configured to transmit a pressure detection signal including the pressure value to the upper-level BMS through wireless communication, and a control unit configured to set and register a received identification (ID) information as its own ID when the ID information automatically assigned from the upper-level BMS is received.