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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:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jose V. Santos, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yongxuan Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steve Sterz, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rob Hoyt, Cupertino, CA (US);
Soundararajan Manthiri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0036 (2013.01); H02J 7/0006 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H02J 7/045 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0001 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages use of a battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system attempts to regulate a voltage on a battery terminal in the portable electronic device to a first voltage level. Upon identifying an inability to regulate the voltage on the battery terminal to the first voltage level during a first detection period, the system detects a presence of the battery in the portable electronic device.