Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Redundant trace fuse for a conformal wearable battery
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Application No.: US17475035Application Date: 2021-09-14
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Publication No.: US11477885B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Michael M. Zhang , Christopher Michael Reinke , Ilyas Ayub , William Mark Batts , Timothy James Vallaro , Elijah Brett Goldin , Anvin Joe Manadan
- Applicant: Inventus Power, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Woodridge
- Assignee: Inventus Power, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Inventus Power, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Woodridge
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H05K1/00
- IPC: H05K1/00 ; H05K1/11 ; H05K3/30 ; H05K1/18 ; H01M50/209 ; H01M50/502 ; H01M50/519

Abstract:
A housing of a conformal wearable battery (CWB) encloses a plurality of battery cells arranged in a grid-like pattern and electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes an electrical connection pad that is electrically coupled to a positive terminal of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and a positive conductive region receiving electrical energy from one or more of the plurality of battery cells. A redundant trace fuse circuit is formed on the PCB to facilitate electrical connection of the electrical connection pad and the positive conductive region. The redundant trace fuse circuit includes a first fusible link for electrically connecting the first electrical connection pad to the positive conductive region and a second fusible link that is selectively enabled to electrically connect the first electrical connection pad to the positive conductive region when the first fusible link is inoperative.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220104355A1 Redundant Trace Fuse for a Conformal Wearable Battery Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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