HP laptop batteries due to defects in the incident was fined $ 425,000

HP laptop batteries due to defects in the incident was fined $ 425,000
According to foreign media reports, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Monday, HP will can lead to overheating or even fire the laptop battery defects to pay $ 425,000 fine.
Defective battery assembly in both HP notebook computers, computer parts also sold separately as its defects can lead to overheating or fire problems, sometimes causing serious harm.

CPSC said that as of September 2007,HP ProBook 4431S battery HP has received about 22 cases and issues related to battery defect report, conceal the problem but not reported up to 10 months.

CPSC deal with Hewlett-Packard agreed resolution, said: “defects in at least two battery-related events, the defective product to the consumer’s body and causing injury; in which at least one incident, the consumer was taken to hospital for treatment.”