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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:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander A. Gorer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
William A. Braff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven Kaye, Oakland, CA (US);
Cory R. O'Neill, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 4/75 (2006.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/04 (2013.01); H01M 4/38 (2013.01); H01M 4/661 (2013.01); H01M 4/75 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Energy storage devices, battery cells, and rechargeable batteries of the present technology may include an anode and a cathode. The battery cells may include a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode. The battery cells may include an electrolyte incorporated with the anode and the cathode. The battery cells may also include a pseudo-reference electrode at least partially in contact with the electrolyte. The pseudo-reference electrode may be positioned between layers of the separator.