Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Timothy Humphrey

Tin-Lup Wong

Jeremy Robert Carlson

Bouziane Yebka

Joseph Anthony Holung

Larry Glenn Estes

Daryl Carvis Cromer

Philip John Jakes

Russell Speight VanBlon

Howard J Locker

Aaron Michael Stewart

Jeffrey Earle Skinner

Mark Evan Cohen

Adam Miles Smith

Eric Edward Dudkowski

Matthew P Lietzke, Jr

An approach is provided that receives a gesture from a user with the gesture being directed at a graphical user interface element. The gesture is received by the user at a touch-enabled display screen. Emulated physics properties are retrieved that correspond to the selected graphical user interface element. The system detects a speed and a direction from the received gesture and, based on this information, determines an initial trajectory of the selected graphical user interface element. The initial trajectory is adjusted based on the retrieved emulated physics properties with the movement of the element being rendered on the display screen based upon the adjusted trajectory.

Emulating fundamental forces of physics on a virtual, touchable object

The invention described herein includes a method and apparatus comprising a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled to produce at least one voltage at a terminal, wherein the plurality of battery cells includes a plurality of junction areas. Each junction area comprises two battery cells longitudinally arranged such that an end of one battery cell faces an end of another battery cell. In a majority of the junction areas, the venting end of one battery cell does not face the non-venting end of the other battery cell.

Mitigating rupture and thermal cascading of battery cells by judicious arrangement of cells inside a pack

The provision of a mode in silver zinc batteries where a user can access extra capacity as an emergency reserve for times when extra capacity is needed. While this temporarily increases capacity, it does not detrimentally affect cycle life over the longer term, and it permits a silver zinc battery to essentially mimic the long term capacity and cycle life characteristics of a lithium ion battery while still affording inherent advantages associated with silver zinc batteries. In a variant embodiment, this ability to temporarily increase capacity is optimally employed at the end of a battery life cycle in a controlled 'roll-off' that accords additional cycles of battery service life. In another variant embodiment, the general capability to control capacity is employed to gradually decrease the available capacity of a battery over the life of the battery, to thereby extend the battery service life.

Battery management for optimizing battery and service life

The provision of improved venting in battery cells by way of better preventing pressure buildup in the cells. Via different variants of the present invention, the following advantages are achieved:

Venting mechanisms for battery cells

The gap between the bottom of a center gas vent pipe in a battery cell and the bottom of the cell can is established to be at least a minimum distance to reduce the risk of battery damage from inadequate gas venting.

Establishing space between end of center gas pipe in battery and bottom of battery can

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