Duracell U.S. Operations, Inc.

The Gillette Company

The Procter Gamble Company

Duravell U.S. Operations, Inc.

Steven Jeffrey Specht

Jordan Todorov Bourilkov

Sergio Coronado Hortal

Faiz Feisal Sherman

Jonathan Livingston Joyce

Alexander Boris Shelekhin

Sergio Coronado

Robert John Pavlinsky

Joern Riemer

George Turco

Michael Pozin

Fred Joseph Berkowitz

Yelena Kouznetsova

Matthew R Sylvestre

Mark T Ashbolt

David Lloyd Anglin

Robert Yoppolo

Philip D Trainer

Anthony Joseph Malgioglio

Bhupendra Kanchanial Patel

Mathias Amann

Konstantin Dimitrov Stefanov

Nancy Taylor Dempsey

Karen Coltharp McGinnis

Elizabeth Jane Wenzel

Derek R Bobowick

William Fitler Morris

Robert S Ferrin

Haitao Chang

Blanca Arizti

Grant Edward Anders Striemer

Brien Merrill

Mattias Schmidt

Erik John Hasenoehrl

Andrew G Gilicinski

Leslie J Pinnell

Maya Stevanovic

Javit A Drake

Paul Albert Christian

Stuart Michael Davis

Zhiping Jiang

Michael F Roberts

Richard Edward Durkot

Matthew Emmanuel Milton Storkey

Anna Maria Bofinger

Michael Franke

Calvin Christopher Giles

Grant Edward Striemer

Yang Zhao

Suat Ayoz

Alistair Neil Chappelle

Jerome Alexander Martin Dilley

Matthew Emmanual Milton Storkey

James R Costanzo

Dean MacNeil

Sergio Coronado-Hortal

Barry D Josephs

Scott Manning

Mark Wayne Morrow

Robert Pavlinsky

Barry David Josephs

Yelena Valentinovna Kouznetsova

William Morris

Yelena Valentenovna Kouznetsova

Jordan Torodov Bourilkov

A battery includes a housing, and within the housing, an anode having an alkali metal as the active material, a cathode having a mass (m) of a cathode active material, for example, iron disulfide as the active material, a separator between the anode and the cathode, and an increased electrolyte volume (v).

Battery

A battery pack assembly includes an array of individual electrochemical cells electrically connected to one another. The array of individual electrochemical cells is embedded and encapsulated by a matrix of conformable material and the matrix of conformable material provides a protective outer shell. A sensor is electrically connected to the array.

Sensor assembly comprising conformable battery pack

A conformable battery pack assembly includes an array of individual electrochemical cells electrically connected with one another. The array is surrounded and encapsulated by a flexible outer shell. The array is arranged geometrically so that there are at least three non-parallel bending axes.

Conformable battery pack assembly

Included are embodiments for remotely determining a battery characteristic. Some embodiments include searching for a first wireless signal that identifies the energy storage device and, in response to receiving the first wireless signal, determining a current charge level of the energy storage device. Some embodiments include receiving a second wireless signal from the energy storage device, determining from the second wireless signal, whether the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches a predetermined threshold, and in response to determining that the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches the predetermined threshold, facilitating replacement of the battery.

Systems and methods for remotely determining a battery characteristic

A reusable battery indicator includes a voltage sensor, a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor, an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit, and a connector. The connector is electrically connected to the voltage sensor, and the connector is adapted to be removably connected to a battery, thereby providing an electrical connection between the voltage sensor and the battery. An electrical circuit is completed between the voltage sensor and the battery and the voltage sensor. The connection mechanism includes part of an electrical lock and key assembly.

Reusable battery indicator with electrical lock and key

A reusable battery indicator comprises a voltage sensor configured to convert sensed analog characteristics of a battery to digital information; a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor; an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit; and a connection mechanism having at least a first connector and a second connector that are electrically connected to the voltage sensor, the first connector and the second connector being adapted to be removably connected to a first battery terminal and to a second battery terminal, respectively, thereby completing an electrical circuit between the voltage sensor and the first and second battery terminals when the connection mechanism is coupled to the first battery terminal and to the second battery terminal.

Dual sided reusable battery indicator

A battery includes an anode having an alkali metal as the active material, a cathode having, for example, iron disulfide as the active material, and an increased electrolyte volume.

The present disclosure provides an absorbent article for personal hygiene. More particularly, in one embodiment, the absorbent article absorbent article includes at least one property changing indicator. A detector device is also provided that includes at least one sensor. The sensor is adapted to detect the property change of the property change indicator in the absorbent article. In one particular embodiment, for example, the property changing indicator may include an optical property indicator such as a color change indicator and the sensor may include an optical sensor such as a color sensor.

Absorbent article with sensor

The invention provides an absorbent article comprising an indication means for indicating the presence of bodily exudates, the indication means comprising a color-changing indication means, wherein the absorbent article and the indication means form one integral unit, the article further comprising a indication device, which comprises a housing and a connection means, such that the indication device can be attached to the absorbent article and be detached from the absorbent article, wherein the indication device comprises a color sensor.

Absorbent article with sensing means

A positive terminal of a battery may act as an antenna ground plane for communicating battery status information. The positive terminal of the battery may include a first electrically conductive external surface with a first surface area. The negative terminal of the battery may include a second electrically conductive external surface with a second surface area less than the first surface area. An antenna impedance matching circuit may be electrically connected between a communication circuit, an antenna, and the positive terminal of the battery. Thus the positive terminal of the battery may act as a ground plane for the antenna.

Positive battery terminal antenna ground plane

A reusable battery indicator includes a voltage sensor configured to convert sensed analog characteristics of a battery to digital information; a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor; an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit; and a connection mechanism having at least a first connector and a second connector that are electrically connected to the voltage sensor, the first connector and the second connector being adapted to be removably connected to a first battery terminal and to a second battery terminal, respectively, thereby completing an electrical circuit between the voltage sensor and the first and second battery terminals when the connection mechanism is coupled to the first battery terminal and to the second battery terminal. One or more of the first connector and the second connector include part of a mechanical lock and key assembly.

Reusable battery indicator with lock and key mechanism

A reusable battery indicator includes a voltage sensor, a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor, an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit, and a connection mechanism having a connector and a retainer. The connector and the retainer are electrically connected to the voltage sensor, and the connector is adapted to be removably connected to a first battery terminal, thereby providing an electrical connection between the voltage sensor and the first battery terminal. The retainer is adapted to removably secure the voltage sensor to a can of a battery, thereby providing an electrical connection between the voltage sensor and the can of the battery. An electrical circuit is completed between the voltage sensor and the first battery terminal and between the voltage sensor and the can. The connection mechanism includes part of an electrical lock and key assembly.

The invention is directed towards an indicator circuit. The indicator circuit includes a ground plane; an antenna; a decoupler component; and an integrated circuit. The antenna includes at least one antenna trace; a first antenna terminal; and a second antenna terminal. The decoupler component includes a first decoupler component terminal and a second decoupler component terminal. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the first decoupler component terminal. The second decoupler component terminal is electrically connected to the ground plane.

Indicator circuit decoupled from a ground plane

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Brookfield, CT, United States of America

Steven Jeffrey Specht