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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. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
Philip Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Jeremy R. Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H01M 10/448 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/488 (2013.01); H02J 7/0025 (2020.01); H01M 2200/103 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
For indicating that a battery is fully discharged to a decommissioned state, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a battery that powers an electronic device, a battery state module that comprises a non-reversible indicator, a control module coupled to the battery, and a decommission module. The decommission module receives a discharge signal from the control module and discharges the battery to a fully discharged state, where discharging the battery causes the non-reversible indicator to indicate the fully discharged state.