Micro Power Bolsters Safety Standard for Portable Battery Systems; Portable Power Solutions Expert Upgrades Lithium Battery Packs Designed to Boost Safety and Eliminate Dangerous Failures or Malfunctions.HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Micro Power, the global leader in portable power solutions for mission-critical equipment, today announced several upgrades to SecuraPack(TM), its custom lithium battery Lithium batteries are primary batteries that have lithium metal or lithium compounds as an anode. Depending on the design and chemical compounds used lithium cells can produce voltages from 1.5V to about 3V, twice the voltage of an ordinary zinc-carbon battery or alkaline cell. pack designed to optimize battery system reliability and product safety. The SecuraPack brand offers OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers a premium solution with a customized, high-performance -- and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , safe -- battery system that is resistant to dangerous malfunctions. Micro Power raises the safety standard in battery system reliability with SecuraPack to virtually eliminate the risk of unwanted electrochemical electrochemical /elec·tro·chem·i·cal/ (-kem´i-k'l) pertaining to interaction or interconversion of chemical and electrical energies. e·lec·tro·chem·i·cal adj. reactions and electrical failures. Specific upgrades include authentication, redundant protection circuits and Li-ion cells designed with enhanced safety. With the recent increase in the catastrophic failure A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure of some system from which recovery is impossible. The affected system not only experiences destruction beyond any reasonable possibility of repair, but also frequently causes injury, death, or significant damage to other, often of battery packs associated with improper charging of counterfeit rechargeable batteries, aftermarket batteries have resulted in injuries and tarnished brand names. The implementation of a challenge/response authentication system that prevents the use of an invalid battery pack can remedy these problems. SecuraPack implements authentication with a small microcontroller embedded in the battery pack that communicates with the processor resident in the host device. Authentication will protect against not only the accidental Micro Power Bolsters Safety Standard for Portable Battery Systems use of an inappropriate battery pack, but also against intentional copying of battery packs by making the reverse engineering of the system prohibitively expensive. In addition, SecuraPack's enhanced safety features include protection circuitry that will disable the battery pack in the event of temperatures or currents that are out of spec. However, some batteries are so crucial to a device that only dangerous events, such as thermal runaway or a short circuit, should disable the battery pack. SecuraPack's patent-pending redundant protection circuit design has two protection circuits and if one fails due to a non-safety cause, the parallel circuit can continue to operate. The battery pack is disabled only when both circuits experience a common failure event, threatening safety. Micro Power Electronics only employs cells manufactured with the highest quality standards. SecuraPack features state-of-the-art cells with enhanced safety. Li-ion batteries offer the best energy density of any rechargeable battery chemistry, but they are dependent on a polymer separator to inhibit internal shorting of the anode anode (ăn`ōd), electrode through which current enters an electric device. In electrolysis, it is the positive electrode in the electrolytic cell. anode Terminal or electrode from which electrons leave a system. and cathode. Now cells are available with separators that have a heat-resistant layer, which prevents hole expansion, in the event of a puncture. In addition, new solid solution cathode materials raise the temperature at which thermal runaway occurs. Micro Power Electronics has qualified these cells to its stringent standards and has designed several battery packs incorporating them. "These upgrades to the SecuraPack brand demonstrate that Micro Power is continuing its commitment to provide the most up-to-date solutions that address its clients' critical portable power needs," said Jeffrey VanZwol, Micro Power marketing manager. "This enhanced, custom power solution encompasses all the crucial elements that OEMs dealing with mission critical portable applications demand including safety, reliability and performance." Micro Power serves one of the electronics industry's fastest growing sectors -- power solutions for portable, handheld devices for the medical, Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Collection or Capture) Capturing data electronically by scanning bar codes or alphanumeric codes (OCR, MICR), by reading magnetic stripes or by wireless means. See AIM, bar code and RFID. ), Radio Frequency Identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ), data management and commercial military markets. Micro Power is a United States Food and Drug Administration United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), n.pr a unit of the Public Health Service created to protect the health of the nation against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics. (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) registered supplier of custom battery systems for portable medical equipment. About SecuraPack SecuraPack is a branded combination of custom battery pack technology and specialized manufacturing processes which produces a primary or rechargeable lithium battery system that virtually eliminates the risk of unwanted electrochemical reactions and electrical failures. SecuraPack features the use of premium lithium cells, performance testing of all cells selected for each pack, pack operation over extended temperature ranges, ultrasonic welding of pack enclosures, production testing of full functionality of embedded circuitry, and compliance with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Standard 1625-2004 on Rechargeable Batteries for Portable Computers. For more information, visit www.micro-power.com or call 800-576-6177. About Micro Power Electronics, Inc. Micro Power Electronics, Inc. is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified and FDA registered supplier of custom battery systems for the portable medical, rugged handheld computing, and data collection equipment markets. As a pioneer in the development of Lithium battery systems and smart battery packs, with over 20 years of experience developing battery solutions, Micro Power is capable of meeting the most challenging power requirements. With a proven track record of technical excellence, quality solutions and award-winning service, Micro Power has become the fastest growing supplier of custom battery systems in North America. For more information, please visit www.micro-power.com or call 800-576-6177. |
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