US 11,812,151 B2
Smartphone and battery integration module for an electric scooter
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Raj Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US); Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US); and Scott Mayberry, Allen Park, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/919,185.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006959 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 45/20 (2020.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B62J 43/20 (2020.01); B62J 43/30 (2020.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60S 5/06 (2019.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [B60S 5/06 (2013.01); B62J 43/20 (2020.02); B62J 43/30 (2020.02); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module configured to be removably attachable to a face of a battery expansion cradle for an electric scooter, the battery module comprising:
a rechargeable battery;
a first connector configured to electrically couple the rechargeable battery to a second rechargeable battery or to the battery expansion cradle; and
a mobile device holder disposed on a face of the battery module,
wherein the mobile device holder comprises a repositioning mechanism configured to reposition the mobile device by sliding the mobile device along the face of the battery module such that a forward-facing camera of the mobile device has a forward-facing view of a forward path of the electric scooter, and
wherein the repositioning mechanism comprises a processor configured to:
determine that the forward-facing camera of the mobile device does not have a forward-facing view of a forward path of the electric scooter;
actuate a mobile device sliding arm to contact an edge of the mobile device; and
reposition the mobile device by sliding the mobile device along the face of the battery module such that the forward-facing camera of the mobile device has a forward-facing view of a forward path of the electric scooter.