ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,882, issued on Nov. 25.
"System and method for a remote CMOS battery" was invented by Jack Wade (La Jolla, Calif.), Kirstine Wolfe (San Marcos, Calif.) and Joel Brown (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to an Active Battery System (ABS). The ABS eliminates the need for replacing the coin-cell CMOS battery when its service life has ended. The ABS enables a standard half-double-A battery to act as the CMOS battery and is replaceable via the front panel. Additionally, the ABS monitors the voltage of the battery and warns the user via an LED when to be replaced. The Active Battery System reduc...