US Patent Issued to DISH Network on Sept. 29 for "Inductive sensor-based battery presence detection in device enclosures and related methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,233, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DISH Network LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Inductive sensor-based battery presence detection in device enclosures and related methods" was invented by Angel Rojas (El Paso, Texas), Armando Menchaca Palacios (El Paso, Texas), Juan E. Apodaca (El Paso, Texas), Sean Pichardo (El Paso, Texas) and Joel Cardoso (El Paso, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery presence detector designed to detect the presence of batteries in a device enclosure without the need to open the enclosure is described. The detection process involves the use of an inductive sensor to sample an interaction value triggered...