Appeal No. 2006-1280
Application No. 10/645,025
define the sides of a removable battery module. See pages
3, 4, figures 4, 6 and 7 of appellant’s specification.
Claim 27 is representative of the invention and is
reproduced below:
27. A method of replacing a battery module of an
electric powered vehicle, comprising:
providing electric powered vehicles, each electric
powered vehicle comprising:
a chassis defining a battery module compartment,
and
a battery module insertable into the battery
module compartment of the chassis, whereby the battery
module completes the chassis upon insertion in the
battery module compartment thereby providing the
chassis with required structural integrity necessary to
support the electric powered vehicle during travel;
providing a service facility with a plurality of
battery modules and a system for charging the battery
modules;
opening the service facility to drivers owning the
electric powered vehicles, whereby a driver having an
electric powered vehicle with a depleted battery module
enters the service facility;
removing the depleted battery from the electric
powered vehicle, thereby removing a portion of the
chassis for the electric powered vehicle;
inserting a fully charged battery module into the
electric powered vehicle, thereby completing the
chassis of the electric powered vehicle and providing
the chassis with required structural integrity
necessary to support the electric powered vehicle
during travel; and charging the driver for the fully
charged battery module.
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