US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Oct. 20 for "Information handling system battery swell detection by cover deck stress" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,937, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Information handling system battery swell detection by cover deck stress" was invented by Jace W. Files (Round Rock, Texas), John Trevor Morrison (Round Rock, Texas) and Chiu-Jung Tsen (Zhubei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable information handling system includes a battery having a battery swell detection sensor to detect predetermined battery swell. In one embodiment, a conductive gasket on the battery upper surface during battery swell presses against sensor on a bottom side of a housing cover to indicate battery swell. In another em...