Fujitsu: Overheated Laptop Battery Caused Burns to User

The USA based Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, reported that on October 24, in Japan, a battery pack in a Fujitsu mobile computer (a Japanese market model equivalent to the Fujitsu LifeBook model P7120 notebook PC sold in the United States) overheated and damaged the computer. Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd. said on Friday its laptop with a Sony-made battery overheated and sparked earlier this week in Japan, causing minor burns to the hand of a user, the Reuters reports.

“The cause is under investigation, but because the Sony battery within the LifeBook P7120 notebook PC is subject to the previously announced U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Sony Battery Recall program, customers with LifeBook P7120 notebook PCs and all other LifeBook models included in this recall are advised to continue using their Fujitsu notebook PC safely only after turning the system off, ejecting the battery, and using the AC adapter and power cord originally supplied with the LifeBook to power the system until their replacement battery is received”, Fujitsu Computer Systems published.

According to the press release, Fujitsu Computer Systems in cooperation with Sony and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has voluntarily recalled approximately 40,000 Fujitsu-branded lithium-ion batteries with cells manufactured by Sony.

Fujitsu sold or provided the recalled laptop batteries from June 2005 through October 2006. The batteries were sold with the following Fujitsu notebook PCs: C1320D, P1510/P1510D, P7120/P7120D, Q2010, S7020/S7020D, and the T4210. Additional recalled batteries were sold as accessories for use in the aforementioned models, with the following part numbers shown on the battery: CP229720-01, CP229725-01, CP234003-01, CP234019-01, CP255100-01, CP255108-01, CP267910-01, CP267915-01, CP283030-01 and CP293420-01.

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