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

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
decoupling a first battery from a battery rail at a time 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 a second battery coupled to the battery rail; and
recoupling the first battery to the battery rail at a subsequent time when the first overcharge protection mechanism of the first battery and the second overcharge protection mechanism of the second battery are both in a same state that is either an enabled state or a disabled state, wherein the time that the first battery is decoupled from the battery rail corresponds to 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.