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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:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
May. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Kazunori Haraguchi, Osaka, JP;
Fumio Daio, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunori Haraguchi, Osaka, JP;
Fumio Daio, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery pack includes an IC tag carrying predetermined information. The IC tag stops functioning when the battery pack is disassembled or modified so that recorded information cannot be read out, whereby an act of disassembling or modification is detected, connection of an unqualified battery pack to a loading device or charging device is prevented, and connection of a counterfeit is prevented.