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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Jani Mäki, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01); H02H 7/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); G01R 31/364 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2013.01); G01R 31/025 (2013.01); H01M 2/30 (2013.01); H02H 7/18 (2013.01); G01R 31/364 (2019.01); H01M 2/02 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/4235 (2013.01); H01M 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery output disable when unconnected is described. In an implementation, a battery comprises: a conductive terminal configured to electrically connect to a battery-powered device; wherein the conductive terminal is disconnected from battery connector terminals; and a controller configured to detect whether the conductive terminal is grounded, and to enable the battery connector terminals if the conductive terminal is grounded and disable the battery connector terminals if the conductive terminal is not grounded. In other implementations, a battery protection circuit and a method are discussed.