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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Marc H. Coq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Richard J. Fishbune, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark E. Maresh, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Eric B. Swenson, Pine Island, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for an electrical component to automatically provide a discharge of a rechargeable battery to a predetermined state of charge. The apparatus includes the electrical component determining a rechargeable battery is not connected to a device and discharging the rechargeable battery. The apparatus includes the electronic component determining whether a state of charge exceeds the predetermined state of charge in the rechargeable battery and responsive to determining that the state of charge exceeds the predetermined state of charge, continuing discharging the rechargeable battery.