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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7679315 | System for identification of genuine battery product in mobile device Disclosed herein is a genuine product battery identification system for mobile devices. A tag for identifying whether a battery is a genuine product battery is included a battery, and a reader for transmitting and receiving radio frequency information is included in... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671559 | Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devices 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 providin... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667429 | Battery pack authentication for a mobile device Various embodiments are described herein for a mobile communication device that authenticates a smart battery prior to use. The mobile device includes a main processor and a device memory. The device memory stores first and second portions of security information us... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656119 | Apparatus and method for protecting mobile communication terminal having installed battery from over voltage electric charging An apparatus for protecting a mobile communication terminal having a built-in battery from an electric charging and method thereof are disclosed, by which the mobile communication terminal is protected against a problem generated from using a false battery. The pres... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7652450 | Secondary battery charging device In a charging device, a driving power supply circuit for driving a control circuit is formed as a separate system from a first power supply circuit, regardless of whether the first power supply circuit is in a driving state or a non-driving state. A microcomputer al... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652451 | Charging control circuit A primary cell and a secondary cell are distinguished from each other. A microcomputer of a digital camera determines a first cell (a primary cell) and a second cell (a secondary cell) as a built-in cell. When a dedicated charging device is connected to a digital ca... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7629765 | Battery management system and method A battery management system for managing a plurality of subsystem circuits and functions of a mobile communication device powered by a battery is disclosed. The battery management system includes a battery monitoring circuit a user interface, and a battery managemen... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626355 | Portable electronic device and method to protect same A portable electronic device and a method to protect the portable electronic device from a battery bounce are provided. The portable electronic device (100) can comprise a free-fall condition sensor (105) enabled to detect a pre-battery bounce conditio... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619386 | Battery pack, charging control method, and application device A battery pack having a secondary battery and a circuit that controls charging and discharging of the secondary battery is provided. The battery pack has a computer and a charging control section. The computer communicates with another computer disposed in a chargin... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615963 | Charging/discharging apparatus and method, power supplying device and method, power supplying systems and method, program storing medium, and program In the present invention, a battery pack type discriminating or deciding concave portion (131) is formed at a position corresponding to a battery pack type deciding switch (214) of an SQ battery pack (1) and when the SQ battery pack (1) i... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612525 | Electrical apparatus An electrical apparatus includes an electrical apparatus main body and a battery pack. The electrical apparatus main body has a load, a manipulation switch, a power receiving electrode, a main body control unit for controlling the electric power supplied from the po... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598701 | Battery pack and method for permanently disabling functions of a pirated battery pack A battery pack and method are disclosed that permanently disable the battery pack on portable electronic equipment if the battery pack has been inauthentically remanufactured. An output voltage value and a discharge current value of the battery block are measured re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598700 | Tamper resistant battery and battery warranty and performance tracking system A battery warranty and metrics tracking network with a programmable battery product for storing, sending and receiving data from a battery warranty, enablement, and metrics tracking network, having an at least one onboard electronics module and storage media on the ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595607 | Battery charging system and methods A method for determining whether a battery is electrically and physically connected to a battery charger includes monitoring a battery charging voltage supplied by a battery charger that has superimposed a known signal on the battery charging voltage, and determinin... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583053 | Battery pack controller with specific battery voltage detection The invention provides a specific battery detection means that specifies single batteries believed to be in an excess discharge state during operation of the electric motor for starting the engine, based on data for each battery pack detected prior to starting the e... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579807 | Battery charger A battery charger including a charging power supply circuit connected to an input power supply and adapted to charge a battery to be charged, a charging control circuit adapted to control charging of the battery, and a constant voltage power supply adapted to drive ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579808 | Battery pack having IC tag for detecting modification A battery pack includes an IC tag carrying predetermined information. The IC tag stops functioning when the battery pack is disassembled or modified so that recorded information cannot be read out, whereby an act of disassembling or modification is detected, connect... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7570013 | Rechargeable battery pack, in particular for use with electrical hand tool devices, charging device, and rechargeable battery pack and charging device system A rechargeable battery pack (20), in particular, for use with electrical hand tool devices, comprises a first and a second charging connection (24, 26), and a third control connection (28), all three being connectable to a charging device (46... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570015 | Conditional battery charging system A method and system are provided in which a charging process for rechargeable batteries is controlled in accordance with selected predetermined variable conditions. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is enabled to select the predetermined conditions under which the ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570014 | Battery pack and electronic equipment having a discrimination function to determine battery pack type The battery pack is charged by an electronic equipment and communicates with the electronic equipment. The battery pack is provided with a discrimination resistor electrically connected to communication lines, and a controller having a discrimination function for el... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570016 | Battery pack including multiple battery cell technologies A battery pack includes a housing. A first battery is located in the housing, the first battery using a first cell technology. A second battery is located in the housing, the second battery using a second cell technology that is different from the first cell technol... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7564214 | Battery pack, charging control method, and application device A battery pack having a secondary battery and a circuit that controls charging and discharging of the secondary battery is provided. The battery pack has a computer that communicates with another computer disposed in a charging device, authenticate the charging devi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7535195 | Battery charger that employs current sharing to simultaneously power an application and charge a battery Circuitry for powering a load and charging of a battery from a power source by a smart power supply is provided. The smart power supply controls the maximum current for battery charging based in part upon variables such as the maximum rate of charge of the battery a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7525280 | Multi-type battery charger control An apparatus for selectively charging a variety of batteries. A battery charging system includes a charging circuit, a processor, and a key, or identification device. The key has a value or code associated with the type of battery to be charged. The processor execut... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511452 | Portable electronic device and capacitive charger providing data transfer and associated methods The electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is temporarily placed adjacent the charger. The portable electronic device includes a device dat... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7501792 | Charging cable with USB-like connector A charging-cable includes a charger-connector for connecting the charging-cable to a USB connector in a charger, and a device-connector for connecting the charging-cable to a portable device. The charger-connector includes USB-terminals arranged so that a first USB-... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498766 | System and method for authenticating a battery Described is a system and method for authenticating a power source. The system comprises a battery including a first encryption engine storing a first key, and a battery charger including a microcontroller and a second encryption engine storing a second key. When th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498765 | Method of controlling charging secondary battery based on type of secondary battery and apparatus A rechargeable battery charging apparatus includes a type detection section for determining the type of rechargeable battery, a power-supply section for charging the rechargeable battery, and a charging control section for controlling the power-supply section. The c... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492122 | Method and apparatus for detecting the cell count in a battery pack A method and apparatus for detecting a number of battery cells in a battery pack is provided which includes an electronic detection circuit with a memory. The electronic detection circuit may be an electronic speed controller for a radio controlled model. The electr... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492121 | Smart battery and method for recognizing battery type using the same A smart battery pack and a method for recognizing the battery type using the same. The smart battery pack includes at least one battery cell coupled to an external set via positive and negative electrode terminals. A timer circuit is coupled to the external set via ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489102 | Battery charger that identifies portable device type and rechargeable battery type and method 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 co... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486045 | Battery pack, electrical device connectable to battery pack, and method of identifying battery pack type A battery pack has a rechargeable battery, a pair of externally exposed charge/discharge terminals connected to the electrodes of the rechargeable battery, and an externally exposed battery pack signal terminal for identifying the type of the battery pack. The batte... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482779 | Control apparatus of electricity accumulation mechanism A hybrid ECU executes a program that includes the steps of: determining whether a deterioration degree of a battery is greater than a predetermined degree; when the deterioration degree of the battery is greater than the predetermined value, tightening the regulatio... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482780 | Diagnosis method, power supply control device, electronic apparatus, battery pack and computer-readable storage medium capable of setting the electronic apparatus to a diagnosis mode A diagnosis method diagnoses an electronic apparatus that is operable with a battery pack having a memory which stores information. The diagnosis method reads information from the battery pack, and sets the electronic apparatus to a diagnosis mode when the read info... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7471059 | Multiple function current-sharing charging system and method Multiple function current-sharing charging systems aid methods are provided. Where first and second rechargeable power supplies are connected to a charging system, a first charging current is provided to the first rechargeable power supply and a second charging curr... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7449861 | Electric charging apparatus, electronic apparatus and electric charging control method According to one aspect of the present invention, a battery charging apparatus, which is attachable/removable to/from an ink jet printer, and which electrically charges a secondary battery to supply electric power to the ink jet printer. The battery charging apparat... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7439705 | Diagnosis method, power supply control device, electronic apparatus, battery pack and computer-readable storage medium A diagnosis method diagnoses an electronic apparatus that is operable with a battery pack having a memory which stores information. The diagnosis method reads information from the battery pack, and sets the electronic apparatus to a diagnosis mode when the read info... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439706 | Battery determination system for battery-powered devices This system provides a method for determining whether ordinary battery cells, a battery pack, and/or a charger unit are attached to a portable electronic device. The system provides a center contact in a battery shaft that contacts a battery pack or a point on an in... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439707 | Battery, charging device, and image capture system with battery identification means The present invention relates to a charging technique used in a battery, a charging device, and an information-processing system. According to the present invention, for charging a secondary cell of a battery, charging the secondary cell is controlled based on ident... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408326 | Battery pack system interface with multiple mode control states A system interface having an interface for dual battery packs provides for power up sequencing of battery packs and pack switching under the control of a host processor within associated system electronics. The host processor communicates with each battery pack via ... | 08/05/2008 |