Patent ID: 11921164
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A battery pack for an information handling system, the battery pack comprising:
a baseboard management unit;
a battery cell configured to provide a current output to provide current to a load of the information handling system; and
a battery management unit including a power reporting output to the baseboard management unit, the power reporting output configured to provide a maximum continuous current (MCC) indication and at least one peak power (PP) indication, the battery management unit configured to determine an amount of current that the battery cell provides to the information handling system on the current output, to determine an optimum MCC value that the battery cell can provide to the information handling system, and to provide the optimum MCC value for the MCC indication on the power reporting output, wherein the MCC value indicates a safe operating current level for the battery cell, wherein the battery management unit:
provides a first value for the PP indication on the power reporting output, the first value being greater than the optimum MCC value;
sums the amount of current provided to the information handling system that is in excess of the optimum MCC value;
determines that the sum is greater than a threshold; and
provides a second value for the PP indication on the power reporting output,
the second value being less than the optimum MCC value, wherein the second value is provided to maintain an average current level that is at or below the safe operating current level;

wherein the baseboard management unit receives the MCC indication and the PP indication from the power reporting output and configures the load based upon the MCC indication and the PP indication.