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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110248680 | LITHIUM-ION AIRCRAFT BATTERY WITH AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A rechargeable aircraft battery assembly includes at least one lithium-ion cell having a positive cell terminal and a negative cell terminal and a battery management circuit operable to control charging and/or discharging of the lithium-ion cell. The battery management ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110248679 | Actively Rapid Battery Voltage Balancing System The present invention provides an actively rapid battery voltage balancing system which includes a power converter, a switch, a voltage balancing multiplexer, a voltage measurement multiplexer, a voltage sensor, a microprocessor, and a series connected battery pack. By ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20100270973 | Battery Pack A battery pack which is detachably connected to a charger and charged by connecting thereto, includes a battery assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries serially connected; a pair of power terminals connected to a negative and a positive electrode of the ba... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100253286 | POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY STACK A charge-balancing system includes N circuits and a control module, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Each of the N circuits includes first and second switches connected in series and an inductance having a first end connected between the first and secon... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100219793 | POWER SUPPLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A power supply for a medical device having one or more power consuming components. The power supply system comprises first and second battery cells electrically connected in series to supply a first level of power to the components, and at least one additional battery c... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100207579 | Two-Stage Charge Equalization Method and Apparatus for Series-Connected Battery String A two-stage charge equalization apparatus for a series-connected battery string comprises a battery module having a plurality of batteries connected in series; a battery string having M (M≧2) battery modules connected in series; M charge control switch modules connect... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100201318 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CELL ASSEMBLY CONTROL METHOD The power supply system of the present invention includes: a cell assembly in which a first assembled battery, formed from a plurality of first cells connected in series, and a second assembled battery, formed from a plurality of second cells connected in series, are co... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100188048 | NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE A nonaqueous secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate 303 containing a negative electrode active material 324 capable of reversely inserting and extracting lithium, a positive electrode plate 301 containing lithium as a positive electro... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100141209 | Battery charging controller and battery balance charging controller The present invention discloses a battery charging controller for balancing the charged batteries. The battery charging controller comprises a battery reference voltage generator, a voltage balancing module and a balance judging circuit. The battery charging controller ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100109608 | AUTONOMOUS BALANCING OF SERIES CONNECTED CHARGE STORAGE DEVICES A charge balancing circuit implemented within a charge storage device (cell) in a series connected charge storage unit (battery) made up of a plurality of cells. The charge balancing circuit may utilize a controller to sense the voltage in the cell it is implemented the... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20090289599 | SYSTEM FOR BALANCING BATTERY PACK SYSTEM MODULES A system for balancing a plurality of battery pack system modules connected in series comprising: a plurality of battery pack system modules, wherein a high charge module of the plurality of battery pack system modules has a charge greater than a that of other modules. ... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090102423 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO PROVIDE POWER TO BATTERY-BACKUP ASSEMBLIES DISPOSED IN AN INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM A method to supply power to one or more battery-backup assemblies, wherein the method supplies a first controller, a second controller, a first battery-backup assembly, and a second battery-backup assembly. The method further supplies a power bus interconnected to the f... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20070103943 | CAPACITOR CHARGING METHODS AND APPARATUS A capacitor charging circuit is provided with a primary side output voltage sensing circuit including an RC network having an RC time constant with a predetermined relationship to the RC time constant of the output capacitor. Once the capacitor voltage reaches a fully c... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20050212482 | Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack A bypass engaging voltage is set to a relatively high value and a target charging rate for a capacity adjustment is set higher than the target charging rate set in a regular charge/discharge mode when executing the capacity adjustment for individual cells by employing c... | 09/29/2005 |
