ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,963, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method of protecting battery in the electronic device" was invented by Jaemu Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjun Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minjeong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inhwan Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a battery, a switch coupling the battery to a main board on which components of the electronic device are disposed, a power management module comprising power management circuitry including a function of power...