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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130132270 | CHARGING STATIONS INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES A charging station information control system is provided. The charging station information control system includes at least one processor. A plurality of modules to be executed by the at least one processor includes an information acquiring module and a matching module... | 05/23/2013 |
| 20130119920 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF An exemplary embodiment provides a charging system including a management device and a plurality of charging devices. The management device includes a scheduling control module and a charging host. The scheduling control module executes dynamic scheduling according to a... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130119921 | RAPID BATTERY CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEM A method of rapidly charging a battery includes: (a) applying a charge to the battery using a charging profile; (b) monitoring a terminal voltage of the battery; (c) using a mathematical model to estimate a desired temporal state of charge of the battery and to estimate... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130116868 | BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM A battery-powered vehicle and a vehicle battery maintenance system that includes a battery charger that monitors energy consumption data from the vehicle battery to generate charging instructions to a charger. A central data unit (CDU) can determine whether if a vehicle... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130106343 | Battery Pack For Cordless Devices A battery pack including a housing, a terminal block, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal block, at least one battery cell, and a spark gap device on the printed circuit board to provide electrostatic discharge protection and disposed between ... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130099724 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CHARACTERISTICS A method and system for programming rechargeable battery characteristics is provided. The system having: a memory component for storing user profiles; a power management integrated circuit; and a processor for retrieving the user profiles and directing power from the ba... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130082640 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION METHOD AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION PROGRAM One embodiment provides a charge/discharge instruction apparatus, including: a charge/discharge instruction unit which instructs a charge/discharge determination apparatus to perform a charge/discharge control of a battery; a charge/discharge information storage unit wh... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082641 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CHARGE/DISCHARGE DETERMINATION METHOD AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE DETERMINATION PROGRAM One embodiment provides a charge/discharge determination apparatus for performing a charge/discharge control of a battery based on instructions given from charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, including: a battery information storage unit which stores battery inform... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130076299 | CHARGING DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTING CHARGING CURRENT The charging device contains a connection unit, a measurement unit, an identification unit, a processing unit, a display unit, a current distribution unit, etc. The connection unit has at last a device connection element for connecting an electronic device. The charging... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130063073 | BATTERY EXCHANGE, RECHARGE AND RECYCLE APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD A battery cartridge and kiosk apparatus, system and method, which enables consumers to conveniently exchange depleted rechargeable batteries for fully-charged batteries, and to recycle used primary batteries. The system includes a self-contained, typically automated kio... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130049677 | SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Energy exchange station for a battery of an electric vehicle, comprising at least one power output for a vehicle, means for determining whether a vehicle coupled to the at least one power output is able to be charged with an AC voltage and/or a DC voltage, a plurality o... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130051104 | Battery Adapter and Power Source Device Employing Same A battery adapter includes an inverter device capable of converting voltage waveform from DC to AC. A first reachable battery and a second rechargeable battery different in shape can be selectively connected to the inverter device. The first rechargeable battery may, fo... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130038272 | NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM, NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD, NON-CONTACT CHARGING TYPE VEHICLE, AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS A charging apparatus assigns an area ID, which is information that the charging apparatus uses to determine the presence of a vehicle, to a charging area BS and transmits the assigned area ID. Based on return of the transmitted area ID from the vehicle 200, the c... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130026973 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR AUTHENTICATION, SECURITY AND CONTROL OF POWER STORAGE DEVICES, SUCH AS BATTERIES A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collect, charge and distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). To charge, the machines employ electrical current from an external source, such a... | 01/31/2013 |
| 20130026972 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR AUTHENTICATION, SECURITY AND CONTROL OF POWER STORAGE DEVICES, SUCH AS BATTERIES, BASED ON USER PROFILES A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collect, charge and distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). To charge, the machines employ electrical current from an external source, such a... | 01/31/2013 |
| 20130018610 | SECONDARY BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, BATTERY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SECONDARY BATTERY REUSE SYSTEM, SECONDARY BATTERY RECOVERY AND SALES SYSTEM, SECONDARY BATTERY REUSE METHOD, AND SECONDARY BATTERY RECOVERY AND SALES METHOD A secondary battery module includes a battery information storage unit for storing electric characteristic information and usage history information of the secondary battery module. A battery information management device and a terminal device respectively include inter... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20130015809 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED EXCHANGE OF ENERGY BETWEEN AN ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORK AND A LOAD A device for controlling the exchange of energy between an electrical power network and a load includes a stationary charging station for establishing an energy connection between the electrical power network and a supply point. The charging station has an LS controller... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20120306433 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND CHARGING SYSTEM, AND POWER CONTROL METHOD OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND CHARGING SYSTEM A wireless power transmission and charging system, and a power control method of the wireless power transmission and charging system are provided. The power control method may include generating charging power using the power amplifier. The charging power may be used to... | 12/06/2012 |
| 20120274266 | VIRAL DISTRIBUTION OF BATTERY MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS A carrier, such as a battery, that queries a memory of a charger or charging circuit, or the memory of equipment or discharging circuit powered by the battery, to determine the relative date or version of data, operating parameters and/or software on both the battery an... | 11/01/2012 |
| 20120268059 | CHARGE STOP POINT DETECTING METHOD, CHARGE STOP POINT DETECTING DEVICE, AND A BATTERY PACK After the highest voltage of a rechargeable battery 1 becomes higher than 4.0 V, when the charging current keeps lower than 50 mA for 20 seconds, a first point is detected for stopping charging the battery 1. Also, after the highest voltage becomes higher ... | 10/25/2012 |
| 20120249051 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CHARGING IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL A method for wirelessly charging a portable terminal using a Radio Frequency (RF) is provided. A charging system detects one or more portable terminals within a predetermined area, and preferably requests information needed for charging to the one or more portable termi... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120249052 | Charge redistribution method for cell arrays Cell balancing aims to prolong the battery operating life by equalizing the Electro Motive Force (or Open Circuit Voltage) of the participating cells. Even perfectly balanced cells though will exhibit different output voltages because of differences in their internal im... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120242278 | ELECTRIC BATTERY FOR VEHICLES The electric battery for vehicles includes accumulation elements of electric charge connectable to the power supply line of a vehicle and electronic processing elements suitable for managing and/or controlling the use and the state of the battery.... | 09/27/2012 |
| 20120235628 | BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND BATTERY CONNECTION DEVICE A battery connection device is provided with an authentication data creating unit that creates authentication data, a conversion unit that performs a first conversion of the authentication data, a transmission unit that transmits the authentication data to a battery pac... | 09/20/2012 |
| 20120223671 | Battery Authentication Method and Apparatus Improved handling of battery recognition tasks in an electronic device such as a cell phone, smart phone, computer system, recording device or others is facilitated. Recognition of a battery so as to enable exchange of power between the device and the battery is determi... | 09/06/2012 |
| 20120206088 | BATTERY PACK AND CHARGING SYSTEM INCLUDING BATTERY PACK A battery pack and a charging system including the battery pack are disclosed. According to one aspect, when the battery pack is charged, magnets are used to fix the battery pack in a correct position within a charger, thereby improving charging efficiency. The battery ... | 08/16/2012 |
| 20120187899 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM A power supply system that supplies electric power to a load apparatus includes a power storage device, a voltage sensor, a current sensor, and an ECU. The ECU calculates an internal resistance value of the power storage device based on the detected voltage and the dete... | 07/26/2012 |
| 20120187900 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY METHOD An electric power supply system includes a connecting device that connects a secondary battery provided in a vehicle to a building, and a control apparatus that i) identifies the type of the vehicle that is connected to the connecting device, the type of the secondary b... | 07/26/2012 |
| 20120169271 | Single Wire Battery Pack Temperature and Identification Method Disclosed are techniques for identifying battery pack types and by inference battery chemistries by measuring a transient response of the battery pack to signal applied to the battery pack.... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120161694 | MULTIMETER WITH CHARGING SYSTEM A multimeter includes a main body, two probes extending from the main body, a battery unit arranged in the main body, and a charging system arranged in the main body and configured for charging the battery. The charging system includes a microcontroller with an external... | 06/28/2012 |
| 20120139474 | METHOD FOR CHARGING EXTERNAL DEVICE AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING THEREOF A method for charging an external device and a display using the method are provided. The method includes, determining whether the external device is chargeable and connected to the display through a connector when the displaying apparatus is in a standby mode; and if i... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120139475 | Method and Apparatus for Charging a Lead Acid Battery The invention relates to a method of operating a lead acid battery which undergoes discharging phases and charging phases in a cyclical fashion. The method involves monitoring the current discharged from the battery during a discharging phase and recording information r... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120139476 | Method and Apparatus for Charging a Battery The invention relates to a method of operating a lead acid battery in which the battery is monitored during the discharging and charging of the battery, and information relating to the discharging and/or charging history of the battery, such as the total charge supplied... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120133324 | INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BATTERY TYPE DETECTION An inductive power supply system to wirelessly charge a remote device based on detected battery characteristics. The system includes an inductive power supply with a primary coil capable of inductively providing power to a secondary coil in a remote device. The inductiv... | 05/31/2012 |
| 20120119693 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connec... | 05/17/2012 |
| 20120112685 | BATTERY PACK MANAGER UNIT AND METHOD FOR USING SAME TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF A BATTERY PACK The present invention generally relates to a device and method for the management of a collection of battery cells. In one embodiment, the present invention permits the management of a collection of battery cells composed of an overall battery pack manager unit, individ... | 05/10/2012 |
| 20120104993 | CONTACTLESS CHARGING DEVICE, CHARGING METHOD, CHARGEABLE BATTERY, AND CHARGER Techniques for a contactless charging device, a charging method thereof, a chargeable battery, and a charger are described. The contactless charging device includes a chargeable battery and a charger. The chargeable battery includes a secondary charging circuit configur... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120098481 | Apparatus and Method for Rapidly Charging Batteries An apparatus and methods for ultra-fast charging one or more batteries, including, for example, lithium ion batteries. A charging current is determined by optimization of a model based on functions of a set of internal state variables associated with a battery, and a se... | 04/26/2012 |
| 20120049786 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS A vehicle carries a battery package as its power source. Plural battery modules in the battery package respectively have a memory device for memorizing identification information that proves authenticity of each of the battery modules. A battery control unit in the vehi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049785 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A vehicle carries a battery as its power source. A battery control unit in the vehicle has an authentication unit. The authentication unit determines whether or not the battery is compliant. When the battery module is determined as non-compliant, a control unit restrict... | 03/01/2012 |
