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- I-Patco Electronics yasungulwa ekuwa kuka-1992, ngenhloso yokuhlinzeka ngembonini ye-elekthronikhi ngesimo samathuluzi wokuphatha ibhetri olwabuciko eseza amakhemikhali asetshenziselwa amabhethri wesibili. Umkhiqizo wokuqala wawungumphathi webhethri we-battery lead ebhethri eklanyelwe ngaphesheya komlawuli we-Unitrode 3906 wokuhola i-acid. Ukusuka lapho uPatco uye wandisa i-acid lead lead ukufaka abaphathi bamanje aphezulu ngamabhethri amakhulu, kanye nemigomo yokuqhafaza okuyingqayizivele yebhethri ye-acid yokuhola. Abaphathi beNiCAD nabakwaNiMH eklanyelwe abaqondisi abakhethekile beza kamuva. Umzila wesithathu womkhiqizo ukhuluma ngamabhethri e-Lithium Ion emaphakathi ayenziwe yiSaft America.
UPatco uye wakha ubuchwepheshe obusha bemishini yokuphatha ibhethri. Ukushisa kuyisitha se-electronics, okuphazamisa kokubili isikhathi sokuphila samakhemikhali kagesi asetshenziswe kumphathi webhethri ngokwawo, futhi ukuzwa kwezinga lokushisa ebhetri liphathwa. Ngokusebenzisa indlela yokulawula, i-Patco sika-engineering group iye yasungula inqubo yokondla ulwazi lokulawula emuva kusuka ekuphatheni kwebhethri chip ukulawula isiteshi sokuqala esishintshayo ukukhiqiza amandla amancane we-voltage ebhetri. Le ndlela iqeda ukushisa okwakudingeka kusetshenzwe ngezindlela ezijwayelekile.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-1996, uPatco Electronics inesakhiwo sakhe esingamamitha ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesikhombisa, esakhiweni samahektha amahlanu e-Spaceport Center Industrial Park, ngaphandle kweKennedy Space Centre.