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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:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Pb Inc., Issaquah, WA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel J Daoura, Renton, WA (US);

Nicholas R Pearson-Franks, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

PB Inc., Issaquah, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a battery radio jacket with flexible printed circuit operably mountable on an external surface of a standard battery, typically with a conductive adhesive backing, the jacket having end tabs for electrically connecting with the anode and cathode of the battery. Powered in parallel with a battery-operated appliance or load ('host asset'), the radio jacket transmits a unique radio identifier useful in finding and tracking the host asset. For convenience, the battery radio jacket as assembled on a standard battery, fits into the battery-receiving compartment of the battery-operated appliance without modification of the form factor of the battery. Optionally the radio jacket may include a switch for radio control of power to the appliance or load. The battery radio jackets enable radio links to smart devices such as smartphones and may be operated by a cloud host as part of a system for finding and tracking assets and for sensing and reporting battery status and environmental data.


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