US 12,244,032 B2
Non-rectangular metal batteries
Hirotsugu Oba, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Michael P. Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); Xiao Liu, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher R. Pasma, Redwood City, CA (US); Steven M. Labovitz, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Katharine R. Chemelewski, Campbell, CA (US); Erik D. Gillow, Redwood City, CA (US); Joshua Walter, Cupertino, CA (US); Junhua Liu, Hayward, CA (US); Michael H. Tsai, San Jose, CA (US); and Stephan P. Abdo, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,025.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092789 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/284 (2021.01) [H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery system comprising:
a battery including:
a first electrode terminal accessible in a first plane along a first surface of the battery and a second electrode terminal accessible in a second plane along the first surface of the battery, wherein the first plane is offset from the second plane;
a housing defining a recessed portion on the first surface of the battery between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal; and
a module electrically coupled with the battery, the module comprising:
a circuit board disposed entirely within the recessed portion and including one or more electrical components extending from a first surface of the circuit board towards the battery,
a first conductive tab extending from a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface of the circuit board, wherein the first conductive tab is electrically coupling the module with the first electrode terminal, and
a second conductive tab extending from the second surface of the circuit board, wherein the second conductive tab is electrically coupling the module with the second electrode terminal.