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US 2016/0240891 A1Published application
Dynamically Changing Internal State of a Battery
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsStephen E. Hodges, Ranveer Chandra, Julia L. Meinershagen, Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha, Anirudh Badam, Thomas Moscibroda, Anthony John Ferrese
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Abstract
Techniques for dynamically changing internal state of a battery are described herein. Generally, different battery configurations are described that enable transitions between different battery power states, such as to accommodate different battery charge and/or discharge scenarios.
Claims20
A dynamic battery comprising:
- a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator separating the positive electrode from the negative electrode, at least one of the positive electrode or the negative electrode including a primary electrode material and a dynamic electrode material different from the primary electrode material, the dynamic electrode material being activatable to change a power state of the dynamic battery.
An apparatus comprising:
- a battery including an anode, a cathode, one or more electrolytes, and a separator separating the anode from the cathode;
- and
- a battery controller configured to cause heating of the one or more electrolytes to change a power state of the battery.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- receiving an indication to change a power state of a battery;
- and
- causing activation of one or more internal materials of the battery to cause the change in power state for the battery.
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