Systems and methods for waking up a battery system
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1. An information handling system, comprising:
- a system load;
a battery system separate from said system load, said battery system being coupled in operational electrical contact by at least one terminal node to provide current to said system load, and said battery system comprising;
one or more battery cells,at least one processor or controller, andbattery current control circuitry to control flow of discharge current from said battery sells to said system load across said terminal node;
wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to first maintain said battery current control circuitry in a shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to prevent flow of any current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node, and then to release said battery system from said shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to allow flow of current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node; and
wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to release said battery system from said shipping mode state in response to at least one of the following conditions;
detection of activation of a user input device of said battery system, said user input device being integrated as a part of said battery system;
ordetection of the removal and reinstallation of the battery system in operational electrical contact with said system load at said terminal node.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for waking up a battery system (e.g., battery pack such as a smart battery pack) installed in an information handling system from a shipping mode in response to the occurrence of one of at least two detected events. The first of these of these at least two events is detection of the battery system being removed and reinstalled into operational electrical contact with the information handling system, and the second of these at least two events is the activation of a user input device provided for the battery system.
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22 Claims
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1. An information handling system, comprising:
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a system load; a battery system separate from said system load, said battery system being coupled in operational electrical contact by at least one terminal node to provide current to said system load, and said battery system comprising; one or more battery cells, at least one processor or controller, and battery current control circuitry to control flow of discharge current from said battery sells to said system load across said terminal node; wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to first maintain said battery current control circuitry in a shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to prevent flow of any current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node, and then to release said battery system from said shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to allow flow of current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node; and wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to release said battery system from said shipping mode state in response to at least one of the following conditions; detection of activation of a user input device of said battery system, said user input device being integrated as a part of said battery system;
ordetection of the removal and reinstallation of the battery system in operational electrical contact with said system load at said terminal node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for waking up a battery system, comprising:
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providing an information handling system including a system load and a battery system separate from said system load, said battery system being coupled in operational electrical contact by at least one terminal node to provide current to said system load across said terminal node, and said battery system comprising one or more battery cells, at least one processor or controller, and battery current control circuitry to control flow of discharge current from said battery sells to said system load across said terminal node; then maintaining said battery current control circuitry in a shipping mode state by using said at least one processor or controller of said battery system to control said battery current control circuitry to prevent flow of any current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node; and then releasing said battery system from said shipping mode state by using said at least one processor or controller of said battery system to control said battery current control circuitry to allow flow of current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node in response to at least one of the following conditions; detection of activation of a user input device of said battery system, said user input device being integrated as a part of said battery system;
ordetection of the removal and reinstallation of the battery system in operational electrical contact with said system load at said terminal node. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A battery system configured to be coupled in operational electrical contact by at least one terminal node to provide current to a system load of an information handling system that is separate from said battery system, said battery system comprising:
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one or more battery cells; at least one processor or controller; and battery current control circuitry to control flow of discharge current from said battery sells to said system load across said terminal node; wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to first maintain said battery current control circuitry in a shipping mode state while said battery system is coupled in operational electrical contact to said system load by controlling said battery current control circuitry to prevent flow of any current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node, and then to release said battery system from said shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to allow flow of current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node; and wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to release said battery system from said shipping mode state in response to at least one of the following conditions; detection of activation of a user input device of said battery system, said user input device being integrated as a part of said battery system;
ordetection of the removal and reinstallation of the battery system in operational electrical contact with said system load at said terminal node. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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