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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kaiwen Gu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Nubbe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of electrical contacts, wherein first and second electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts electrically couple with a charging device; one or more rechargeable batteries configured to be charged from power received, via the first and second electrical contacts, from the charging device; and circuitry configured to obtain battery state information associated with the one or more rechargeable batteries during charging of the one or more rechargeable batteries and generate battery charge rate data based on the battery state information. At least one of the first and second electrical contacts is configured to transmit the battery charge rate data to the charging device, and the battery charge rate data is configured to be used by the charging device to regulate charging of the one or more rechargeable batteries.