Patents
US 11710105 B2: Apparatus, method and article for changing portable electrical power storage device exchange plans
- Granted
- 2023-07-25
- Filed
- 2014-03-11 application 14204857
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A network of collection, charging and/or distribution machines collect, charge and/or distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). In some embodiments, if the user selects to change their current portable electrical power storage device exchange plan to a two-portable electrical power storage device exchange plan while exchanging their current portable electrical power storage device, the user will return their current portable electrical power storage device and will receive two portable electrical power storage devices in exchange at the collection, charging and distribution machine. The user may also be required to pay additional fees and/or commit to additional obligations while at the collection, charging and distribution machine in order to change to the different portable electrical power storage device exchange plan.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230725_r1.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOGORO INC. 161 patents | Foreign company or organization | Hong Kong, CN | GOGORO INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hok-Sum Horace Luke | Mercer Island, WA | 98 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q10/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F7/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02T | Climate change mitigation technologies related to transportation | Y02T10/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02W | Climate change mitigation technologies related to wastewater treatment or waste management | Y02W90/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LUKE, HOK-SUM HORACE signed 2014-12-31 | GOGORO INC. WANCHAI, HONG KONG | 34607/329 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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