Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Morland J Taylor

Richard A Hudson

Syed Rahman

Thorfinn Thayer

The present invention provides control bus (SMBus) management and interface for a smart battery system having an SMBus two-wire interface with a clock and data line. Electrostatic discharge protection circuitry which does not have the potential to inadvertently charge a dead battery is provided for the SMBus. SMBus mastering circuitry is also provided to work in conjunction with the SMBus interfacing routines for communications on the bus.

System and method for writing data to a serial bus from a smart battery

A sealed galvanic dry cell that has a sealing means comprising a terminal cover having a peripheral extending flange that is compressed between a neutral cover and a rim of the open end of a cell's container by use of a compressable gasket that operates such that the rim of the container further interlocks with the flange of the terminal cover upon the buildup of internal pressure to effectively maintain the seal for the cell.

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Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Morland J Taylor