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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120068667 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SYSTEM WITH A PROGRESSIVE OXYGEN EVOLVING ELECTRODE / FUEL ELECTRODE One aspect of the present invention provides an electrochemical cell system comprising at least one electrochemical cell configured to be selectively connected to a load to discharge the cell by generating electrical current using a fuel and an oxidant. The electrochemi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120043815 | ACTIVE FILTERING ELECTRICAL ACCUMULATOR UNIT A power generation system has a generator, a power bus and an electrical accumulator unit. The electrical accumulator unit includes an independent controller that actively filters transients from the power bus.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120032646 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A battery pack, and a method of controlling the battery pack are disclosed. The battery pack detects consumption current when a load is not turned on, and shuts off power when a load is turned off or in stand-by mode, thereby preventing consumption current of the load f... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025776 | BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS WITH RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES USING VOLTAGE INVERSION According to some embodiments of the present invention, a battery heating circuit comprises a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy superposition unit, wherein: the energy sto... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025774 | BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, and an energy storage circuit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120007562 | Multi-Mode Power Management Unit According to one exemplary embodiment, a multi-mode power management unit (PMU) includes a number of switchable conductive paths, where each of the switchable conductive paths corresponds to at least one of a number of power modes. The multi-mode PMU further includes a ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316484 | POWER SUPPLY The present invention concerns a power supply (10) comprising a primary cell (11) adapted to provide a primary cell current. The primary cell (11) comprises an anode, a cathode current collector and an electrolyte, whereby a passivation layer is for... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110298426 | Circuits and Methods for Controlling Power in a Battery Operated System Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods of controlling power in battery operated systems. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a switching regulator for boosting voltage on a depleted battery to power up a system. The system may com... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110270480 | BATTERY MODULE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AND DISCHARGING CONTROL METHOD FOR BATTERY MODULE There is provided a battery module including: a power storage unit storing power; a first authentication unit carrying out first authentication via a first authentication route; a second authentication unit carrying out second authentication via a second authentication ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267007 | DISCHARGE METHOD FOR A BATTERY PACK The present invention provides a discharge method for a hybrid battery pack to thereby extend its usage life. The discharge method determines which one of the battery sets installed in a hybrid battery pack should be held active to discharge electricity according to the... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110254559 | BATTERY ABNORMALITY DETECTION CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE A battery abnormality detection circuit includes: a SOC detection unit that detects a SOC of a secondary battery; an internal resistance detection unit that detects an internal resistance value of the secondary battery; a first state acquisition unit that acquires a fir... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248682 | LITHIUM CELL A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The cell can be in the configuration of a coin cell or the anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separa... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110234171 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE BATTERY PACK A battery pack and a method of controlling the battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery cell and a capacitor connected in parallel to the battery pack. Accordingly, the battery power and the distance travelled by an electric transport device that requires an in... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110227540 | Direct-Current Power Source Apparatus A direct-current power source apparatus in which a lithium-ion capacitor unit is used as an electric storage system and which can fully utilize the lithium-ion capacitor unit and maintain the supply of electricity to a load is provided. An electric storage system includ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110148346 | Automatic Cycle Storage System, Cycle For Such a System and Docking Structure For Such a Cycle Automatic cycle storage system comprising cycles each comprising a battery, and fixed docking structures to which the cycles can be locked and each comprising an electric power storage device connected to a central processing unit and electrical contacts. The electrical... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110127967 | ELECTROLYTE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE In one aspect, an energy storage device component comprising a transition metal cathode comprising a transition metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, iron, cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, antimony and combinations thereof; a solid sodium halide ph... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110127945 | FORCED DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND SAFETY SWITCH DEVICE FOR STORAGE BATTERY A forced discharge mechanism for a storage battery for forcibly establishing conduction between a pair of power transport paths that are respectively connected to a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of the storage battery includes an electric... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110115438 | High Voltage Output Monitoring Device and System for a Power Battery A high voltage output monitoring device and system of a power battery comprises a monitoring module, a control module and a central processor module, wherein the monitoring module carries out high voltage output monitoring, pre-charge monitoring and relay switching time... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110093148 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING A HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM The invention relates to a method for discharging a high voltage network (2) in a vehicle, the high voltage network (2) comprising at least one energy store (1) and a plurality of high voltage consumers (3). For discharging the high voltage n... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110086254 | Lithium-Iron Disulfide Cell Design The invention relates to primary electrochemical cells having a jellyroll electrode assembly that includes a lithium-based negative electrode, a positive electrode with a coating comprising iron disulfide deposited on a current collector and a polymeric separator. More ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110025274 | ENERGY ACCUMULATOR The invention relates to an energy storage, containing at least one battery cell, and at least one Zener diode being disposed parallel to the at least one battery cell, wherein the cathode of the Zener diode is connected to the plus terminal of at least one battery cell... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100327814 | CONTROLLING LITHIUM DEPOSITION DURING MANUFACTURE OF A BATTERY The present subject matter provides apparatus and methods for controlling lithium deposition during manufacture of implantable medical device batteries. A method includes processing materials to form the battery and performing a discharge conditioning process step. The ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100295550 | ADAPTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT TERMINAL FOR A BATTERY A battery includes multiple conductive plates and a permeable electrolytic material and an ion membrane located between the conductive plates. The battery also includes at least one wire located within one or more of the permeable electrolytic material and the ion membr... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100253289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRADUATED RESIDUAL BATTERY POWER UTILIZATION IN LONG-LIFE BATTERY POWERED DEVICES A method of graduated residual battery power utilization of a long-life battery in a battery-powered device, comprising the steps of: defining at least one residual power level for the battery;assigning progressively limited battery-powered device functionalities for ea... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100225278 | CHARGE PUMP DC-DC CONVERTER COMPRISING SOLID STATE BATTERIES An electronic device is provided which comprises a DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter comprises at least one solid-state rechargeable battery (B1, B2) for storing energy for the DC-DC conversion and an output capacitor (C2).... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100207584 | Electrical Device Having an Energy Converter and an Energy Limiter An electrical device (100) includes a housing (102), a battery receiving region (104), device electrical circuitry (112), an energy converter (110), and an energy limiter (108). The battery receiving region (104), the cir... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100176766 | CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ACCUMULATOR BATTERY AND A HAND POWER TOOL A control method for a system of a hand power tool and an accumulator battery is disclosed. The hand power tool is connectable to the accumulator battery via a current interface for supplying the hand power tool. The hand power tool features a data interface for communi... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100171467 | BATTERY STATE MONITORING CIRCUITRY WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION DURING A STAND-BY-STATE OF A BATTERY PACK A battery pack including at least one battery cell, a switch, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to control an ON resistance of the switch to a first ON resistance when the switch is ON and the battery pack i... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100156184 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE AND ACCESSORY DEVICE Various embodiments of the present invention are directed at a method and system for recharging batteries for wireless electronic devices. According to one embodiment, a battery charging and monitoring system is disclosed. The system includes a host machine providing a ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100134305 | INTELLIGENT ADAPTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE An intelligent adaptive energy management system and method for an electronic device such as a cell phone or laptop computer. The system comprises at least two batteries that work cooperatively. The system includes multiple features that may be used alone or in combinat... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100050009 | BATTERY VOLTAGE SAF AVOIDANCE ALGORITHM FOR A WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE A method and system for power source management of a portable device, A power source used to supply electrical energy for a portable device should ideally operate with a constant terminal voltage. However, the terminal voltage of a cell or group of cells used as a sourc... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100019730 | Tamper Detection And Disabling System For A Battery A battery includes a battery chassis defining a housing. A tamper detection system is located in the housing and is operable to detect an access of the housing. A disabling system is located in the housing, coupled to the tamper detection system, and operable to disable... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090289601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION WHILE MAINTAINING A DEFINED BATTERY LIFE SPAN A method and an apparatus for system acquisition at a wireless device while maintaining a predetermined battery life span, include determining a level of remaining battery power upon entering an out of service state. A duty cycle, comprising a search time and sleep time... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090284226 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES A rechargeable battery exchanging method which exchanges rechargeable batteries of an assembled battery to rebuild new assembled battery. The method includes discharging a rechargeable battery derived from an assembled battery until the rechargeable battery becomes a fu... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090278502 | Method for controlling the end of the discharge of a rechargeable battery The method for controlling the end of discharge of a rechargeable battery according to the invention comprises determining (F1) the transition frequency (FHF) of the battery and determining (F2, F3) an end-of-discharge criterion of the ba... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090256526 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRE-CHARGING IN CHARGING/DISCHARGING EQUIPMENT FOR AN ENERGY-STORAGE DEVICE An apparatus includes a switching circuit operable with an arrangement configured to effectuate a charging or discharging of an energy-storage device to a circuit including electrically-parallel condenser. The switching circuit includes a main switch electrically connec... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090251105 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER A temperature controller is disclosed in the invention, and the temperature controller includes one dry battery, a voltage conversion circuit connected with outputs of the battery and a temperature controller control circuit connected with the voltage conversion circuit... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090206795 | SELECTOR CIRCUIT FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN MULTIPLE BATTERY SYSTEMS A selector circuit configured to select among a DC power source and a plurality of batteries for an electronic device. The selector circuit is responsive to an output signal from an associated power management unit. The selector circuit is further configured to permit p... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090146611 | Automatic discharging apparatus The present invention discloses an automatic discharging apparatus used for discharging a battery disposed internally therein periodically. The apparatus includes a power source; a load; a battery connected to the power source and the load, wherein the battery supplies ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090058366 | BATTERY CHARGING AND DISCHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS A battery charging-discharging control apparatus includes an estimation circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The estimation circuit estimates an internal resistance of a battery. The detection circuit detects a charging-discharging current of the battery... | 03/05/2009 |
