EXTERNAL BATTERY-MANAGEMENT MODULE

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20130328521A1
SERIAL NO

13627919

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A power supply for use in a portable electronic device is described. This power supply includes battery cells in separate locations that are electrically coupled by a power bus to a battery-management circuit board, which includes an integrated circuit with control logic that monitors the battery cells and that regulates charging and discharging of the battery cells. The battery cells are not enclosed in a common battery-pack housing so that the battery cells are mechanically separate from each other. Moreover, the battery-management circuit board is external to the battery cells and is not enclosed in the battery-pack housing. By excluding the battery-pack housing from the power supply, there may be more space available to expand the sizes, and thus the total capacities, of the battery cells.

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APPLE INCONE APPLE PARK WAY CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arnold, Peter M Cupertino, US 18 200
Degner, Brett W Menlo Park, US 192 4944
Hopkinson, Ron A Campbell, US 41 597
Hwang, Jim Danville, US 13 210
Kim, Eugene San Francisco, US 41 655
Ligtenberg, Christiaan A San Carlos, US 71 986
Murphy, Robert S Sunnyvale, US 11 300

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