“The defect occurred in the joint design of the battery packs, not because of an internal battery cell problem,” this according to spokespeople from both Lenovo and Sanyo (thanks to Reuters for the clip). Just a quick note to anyone who wasn’t caught up in the large-scale Sony battery recall last year: turn over your ThinkPad and take a look at the part number on that battery. If it is installed in a select few R, T and Z-series ThinkPads and/or has a number of: 92P1131 then please don’t drop it; it may catch on fire. Call Lenovo instead for a replacement.

All the details on both recalls can be found here.