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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2008
Jeremy Robert Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Larry Glenn Estes, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph Anthony Holung, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Timothy Humphrey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tin-lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Bouziane Yebka, Cary, NC (US);
Jeremy Robert Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Larry Glenn Estes, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph Anthony Holung, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Timothy Humphrey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Bouziane Yebka, Cary, NC (US);
Lenovo (Sinapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The invention described herein includes a method and apparatus comprising a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled to produce at least one voltage at a terminal, wherein the plurality of battery cells includes a plurality of junction areas. Each junction area comprises two battery cells longitudinally arranged such that an end of one battery cell faces an end of another battery cell. In a majority of the junction areas, the venting end of one battery cell does not face the non-venting end of the other battery cell.