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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
Bouziane Yebka, Apex, NC (US);
Jeremy Robert Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
Battery malfunction is limited by accelerating battery discharge once battery voltage reaches a low voltage threshold. This can be done programmatically and/or using a hardware arrangement that shorts the battery to ground when the low voltage threshold is reached.