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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc;

Inventors:

Karthik Kadirvel, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sachin Ramesh Chandra, Woodinville, WA (US);

Ankur Gupta, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/00302 (2020.01); H02J 7/00309 (2020.01); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) detecting a battery condition of a wearable battery-operated device that indicates a threat to a battery's health and (ii) in response to detecting the battery condition, performing a battery-protection action by initiating a reverse power flow across a bidirectional connection from the wearable battery-operated device to a portable charging case that is designed to charge the wearable battery-operated device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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