Battery charging control base on recurring interactions with an electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US11411412B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US17087253

    申请日:2020-11-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a battery, and a charging system in electronic communication with the battery. The charging system may be configured to initiate a charging of the batter when the battery is in a partially-depleted state. The charging system may then discontinue the charging in response to the battery being charged to the threshold charge value, and may monitor the function of the electronic device to predict an event of the electronic device. After the event is predicted, the charging system may determine when to initiate a recharging process, so that the battery is fully charged when the event occurs.

    Management of high-voltage lithium-polymer batteries in portable electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10468900B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15838919

    申请日:2017-12-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages use of a battery corresponding to a high-voltage lithium-polymer battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system monitors a cycle number of the battery during use of the battery with the portable electronic device, wherein the cycle number corresponds to a number of charge-discharge cycles of the battery. If the cycle number exceeds one or more cycle number thresholds, the system modifies a charging technique for the battery to manage swelling in the battery and use of the battery with the portable electronic device.

    CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS HAVING IMPROVED PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES

    公开(公告)号:US20190027747A9

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US15709961

    申请日:2017-09-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Mixed-metal oxides and lithiated mixed-metal oxides are disclosed that involve compounds according to, respectively, NixMnyCozMeαOβ and Li1+γNixMnyCozMeαOβ. In these compounds, Me is selected from B, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Ag, In, and combinations thereof; 0≤x≤1; 0≤y≤1; 0≤z 0; 0≤α≤0.5; and x+y+α>0. For the mixed-metal oxides, 1≤β≤5. For the lithiated mixed-metal oxides, −0.1≤γ≤1.0 and 1.9≤β≤3. The mixed-metal oxides and the lithiated mixed-metal oxides include particles having an average density greater than or equal to 90% of an ideal crystalline density.

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