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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110260688 | BATTERY SYSTEM A battery system capable of inhibiting a reverse voltage applied to a unit cell that has lost the electromotive force without active control is provided. The battery system include two or more unit cells electrically connected in series, and a rectification section that... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110089902 | CIRCUITRY FOR BALANCING CHARGING OF SERIES CONNECTED BATTERY CELLS A circuit for preventing overcharging a battery cell is disclosed. The circuit comprises a voltage detector for monitoring a voltage across a battery cell. The voltage detector is configured to determine when the voltage across the battery cell is greater than a first t... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110057617 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY BATTERY EQUALIZATION FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING A non-contiguous group of cells in a battery of cells is selected for charging or discharging the battery.... | 03/10/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20090167244 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND ASSEMBLED BATTERY SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME A protection device for an assembled battery includes a sampling capacitor, first switches and second switches to sample the voltages of the battery cells and hold the voltages in the capacitor, a detection unit which detects the voltages of the battery cells based on t... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167243 | Cell balancing systems with multiple controllers In one embodiment, a cell balancing system includes a first controller for controlling cell balancing of a first set of cells coupled in series, and a second controller for controlling cell balancing of a second set of cells coupled in series. There is at least one comm... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090102421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SERIALLY-CONNECTED BATTERIES An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of serially-connected bypass circuits, a measurement/control element and a plurality of safety circuits. The bypass circuits are electrically connectable in parallel with a plurality of serially-connected batteries, eac... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090096421 | METHOD FOR BALANCING CELLS IN A BATTERY PACK A method is provided for charging a plurality of cells in a battery pack to a target charging value. The method includes: delivering a charging current to the plurality of cells; monitoring cell voltage of each cell in the plurality of cells to determine when at least o... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096420 | Systems and methods for cell balancing A cell balancing circuit comprises a first cell having a first voltage, a second cell in series with the first cell and having a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage, and a bypass path in parallel with the second cell for enabling a bypass current for t... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090091294 | Battery cell balancing systems using current regulators According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a cell balancing circuit used for balancing a cell. The cell balancing circuit includes a bypass path coupled to the cell, a current regulator coupled to the bypass path, and a bleeding control switch. The ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090079391 | Systems and methods for cell balancing A cell balancing circuit comprises a first cell having a first voltage, a second cell in series with the first cell and having a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage, and a bypass path in parallel with the second cell for enabling a bypass current for t... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079390 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ARRAY Rechargeable battery array is described. The rechargeable battery array is constructed from: a battery row 101 that includes a plurality of battery cells 102, 103 connected in parallel for supplying a larger current; and at least one balancing circuit 1... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090033282 | Voltage adjusting apparatus For providing a reliable voltage adjusting apparatus in low cost, a low-voltage control apparatus controls a high-voltage power supply circuit to be switched power off by transmitting a power-off signal through a second communication line arranged between the high-volta... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080150483 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS FOR USE IN AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FROM ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE UPON VOLTAGE DROP OF MAIN POWER SUPPLY In an electrical storage apparatus including an electric storage device connected between a main power supply and a load, a first bypass FET and a bypass diode which are connected in series between the main power supply and the load are provided, and first and second ma... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20070090800 | Power control circuits Power control systems and methods are provided to control when and how power is removed from devices. A power control system includes a sensing module that detects an output voltage level of a battery pack. A shutoff module initiates a shutoff routine when the output vo... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20060186857 | Rechargeable battery with charge control The battery comprises rechargeable battery cell(s), a current regulator varying a charge current provided to the battery cell(s) and a bypass circuit allowing a discharge current provided by the battery cell(s) to bypass the current regulator. The current regulator can ... | 08/24/2006 |
