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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Shen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dongli Zeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0019 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 7/0018 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0081 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a rechargeable battery pack includes one or more lower voltage cells connectable to a charging circuit via a lower voltage terminal and one or more higher voltage cells electrically coupled in series to the one or more lower voltage cells via a bi-directional charge regulator. A higher voltage terminal is electrically coupled to the one or more higher voltage cells, and a common ground terminal is coupled to the one or more lower voltage cells and to the one or more higher voltage cells.