USPTO Patent: Battery Management for Wireless Devices

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Detected March 23rd, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a patent application detailing a battery management system for wireless devices. The invention focuses on preparing batteries for disposal by draining remaining life when the device reaches the end of its useful life, potentially notifying an IoT system.

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This document is a USPTO patent application (US20260082180A1) for a battery management system designed for wireless communication devices. The proposed apparatus and methods enable an adhesive tape platform, which is part of the device, to determine when the battery has reached the end of its useful life. Upon this determination, the platform activates circuitry to drain the remaining battery life before disposal. It may also transmit a 'ready for disposal' notification to the device's IoT system and assign battery usage across operational phases to ensure depletion at the end of the last phase.

This patent application does not impose any new regulatory obligations or compliance deadlines on regulated entities. It represents a novel technological development in product disposal and battery management. Compliance officers in the technology and manufacturing sectors may note this as an example of evolving product design considerations, particularly concerning end-of-life battery management and potential integration with IoT systems for disposal notifications.

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BATTERY MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES

Application US20260082180A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Hendrik J Volkerink, Ajay Khoche

Abstract

Apparatus and methods prepare an adhesive tape platform with a battery for disposal at an end of its useful life. The adhesive tape platform determines when it is at the end of its useful life and performs an action to drain remaining battery life of the battery. When remaining life in the battery is less than a threshold level, the adhesive tape platform transmits a ready for disposal notification to an Internet of Things (IOT) system of the adhesive tape platform. The adhesive tape platform may determine its life expectancy and operational phases of the adhesive tape platform and assign battery usage for each of the operational phases such that the battery is depleted at an end of a last one of the operational phases. The adhesive tape platform may activate battery draining circuitry to drain the remaining battery life of the battery.