Patent ID: 9356324
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G01L,G01R,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method in an electronic device for determining a status of one battery cell out of a plurality of battery cells, wherein the plurality of battery cells operates within the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises the plurality of battery cells, and wherein a strain gauge is attached to the one battery cell and generates a signal responsive to a determined change of the one battery cell sensed by the strain gauge, the method comprising: establishing a value of a dimension of the one battery cell out of the plurality of battery cells by use of the signal generated by the strain gauge; determining the status of the one battery cell out of the plurality of battery cells based on the value of the dimension that was established compared to a reference value and a threshold related to the dimension of the one battery cell.