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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:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pouya Ghalei, San Jose, CA (US);

Cong Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Shunlong Xiao, San Jose, CA (US);

Manpreet Singh, Union City, CA (US);

Charles E Chang, Coto De Caza, CA (US);

Steve Chikin Lo, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H05K 1/09 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/484 (2013.01); H05K 1/09 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery circuit board includes a substrate, a first trace configured to receive a voltage and forming a first closed loop around a perimeter of the substrate, and a second trace forming a second closed loop around the perimeter of the substrate. The battery circuit board also includes an electrical assembly configured to determine a presence of an electrolyte on the battery circuit board in response to a short circuit between the first closed loop of the first trace and the second closed loop of the second trace.


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