Abstract
This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution.The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Batteries may be susceptible to a variety of de fects. These defects may be due to aging,improper use (e.g., charging and/or di scharging) of the battery, and/or manufacturing defects. Detectionof battery de fects is important, for example, to prevent dangerous battery conditions, to ext end batterylife, etc. However, it can be difficult to detect battery defects.