蘋果新申請專利- 未來更薄電子產品的電池設計

雖然還不知道蘋果(Apple)下一個新產品為何，然而根據美國專利商標局(USPTO)在1月19日公開的新專利中，蘋果可能早已著手新電池的設計，以為新一代更輕薄的產品作準備。

在蘋果設計的新電池裡,可以看到電極片能夠以各種不同的方式排列。最值得注意的是，相較於現今的電池結構大多只包含矩形的蓄電池單元,蘋果的新電池單元可應用在非矩形的電池中，如L形、三角形甚至金字塔形,如此多變的排列方式將可讓更多的電池單元靈活地排入更狹小的空間以運用在未來更輕薄、精巧的電子產品。

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to a battery cell which includes a set of electrode sheets of different dimensions arranged in a stacked configuration to facilitate efficient use of space inside a portable electronic device. For example, the electrode sheets may be arranged in the stacked configuration to accommodate a shape of the portable electronic device. The stacked configuration may be based on a non-rectangular battery design such as a toroidal design, an L-shaped design, a triangular design, a pie-shaped design, a cone-shaped design, and/or a pyramidal design.