Patent ID: 11901749
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An electronic device comprising:
a first battery with a first discharge path coupled to a battery rail supporting source load electronics;
a second battery with a second discharge path coupled to the battery rail; and
a means for preventing the first battery from discharging when a first overcharge protection mechanism of the first battery is in a first state different from a second state of a second overcharge protection mechanism of the second battery, wherein the first battery is decoupled from the battery rail at a time when the first overcharge protection mechanism is disabled and the second overcharge protection mechanism is enabled, the first overcharge protection mechanism preventing charging of the first battery when enabled and the second overcharge protection mechanism preventing charging of the second battery when enabled.