# US 12,119,703 B2 · System configured to decrease battery ageing of ear wearable device due to transportation or storage of the device while ensuring high charge before initial use > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,703 B2 - Document ID: US12119703B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/621,186 - Filed: 2020-06-29 - Published: 2022-11-03 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-01 - Assignees: Starkey Laboratories, Inc. - Applicants: Starkey Laboratories, Inc. - Inventors: Kyle Olson; Justin Burwinkel; Michael Karl Sacha - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119703B2 ## CPC - H02J 7/342: {The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68)} - H02J 7/731: {specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence)} - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract An example system includes an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing; a supplemental power storage device configured to provide electrical energy; and circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing; a supplemental power storage device located within or attached to an exterior of the housing, configured to provide electrical energy; and circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, the electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device, wherein the ear-wearable device, the supplemental power storage device, and the circuitry and disposed within a product package during shipping, wherein the circuitry includes one or more magnetic field sensors and is included within the housing, wherein the one or more magnetic field sensors include one or more near field magnetic induction (NFMI) sensors, and wherein the event includes scanning of the product package at a point of sale. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the supplemental power storage device is not rechargeable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the supplemental power storage device is positioned within the rechargeable battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising the product package, wherein, prior to the initial use of the ear-wearable device, the ear-wearable device and the supplemental power storage device are enclosed within the product package. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the rechargeable battery of the ear-wearable device is not fully charged during shipment of the product package. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the event further includes one or more of: adjusting of a physical control of the product package, generating of tracking events by a carrier of the product package, communicating with another product package, removing of the product package from a shelf, opening of the product package, arrival the product package to a geofenced area, departure of the product package from the geofenced area, movement of the product package, detection of one or more acoustic cues, and detection of one or more voice activation commands. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes one or more of: one or more motion sensors; one or more position sensors; one or more wireless radios; and one or more physical controls. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnetic field sensors comprise one or more magnetometers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnetic field sensors comprise one or more near telecoils. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnetic field sensors comprise one or more giant magneto resistance or tunnel magneto resistance sensors. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: monitoring, by one or more components included in a product package of a device, for occurrence of an event, wherein the one or more components include one or more near field magnetic induction (NFMI) sensors, and wherein the event includes scanning of the product package at a point of sale; and responsive to detecting occurrence of the event, transferring electrical energy from a supplemental power storage device included in the product package to a rechargeable battery of the device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the device comprises an ear-wearable device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the rechargeable battery of the device is not fully charged during shipment of the product package. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the event further includes one or more of: adjusting of a physical control of the product package, generating of tracking events by a carrier of the product package, communicating with another product package, removing of the product package from a shelf, opening of the product package, arrival the product package to a geofenced area, departure of the product package from the geofenced area, movement of the product package, detection of one or more acoustic cues, and detection of one or more voice activation commands. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing; a supplemental power storage device located within or attached to an exterior of the housing, configured to provide electrical energy; and circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, the electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device, wherein the ear-wearable device, the supplemental power storage device, and the circuitry and disposed within a product package during shipping, wherein the circuitry includes one or more position sensors and is included within the housing, and wherein occurrence of the event comprises arrival of the product package to a geofenced area or departure of the product package from the geofenced area.