Patent ID: 11901747
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic vaping device having internal circuitry, comprising:
a first battery portion including a battery and configured to provide power to the electronic vaping device;
internal circuitry, the internal circuitry being operationally connectable to the battery to assist in charging the battery; a pair of connectors on an exterior end of the electronic vaping device configured to establish an electrical connection with an external device;
a diode in a bypass line, the bypass line being electrically connected to one of the pair of connectors and a terminal of the battery, the bypass line bypassing the internal circuitry; and
a controller configured to
measure a first measured voltage at the pair of connectors during an application of a first current, the first current being high enough that the first current is capable of passing through the diode and being low enough that the first current is not capable of activating the internal circuitry, and
determine a voltage of the battery based on the first measured voltage.