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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179139 | Rechargeable battery abnormality detection apparatus and rechargeable battery apparatus The rechargeable battery abnormality detection apparatus is provided with an internal short circuit detection section (20b) that monitors rechargeable battery (1) voltage change when no charging or discharging takes place, and detects internal s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159228 | Method for determining battery internal resistance A method of determining an internal resistance of a energy source that can be modeled as a voltage generator with a series resistance, such as but not limited to a battery or ultracapacitor. The internal resistance may be determined by averaging one or more weightin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154299 | Deterioration determination circuit, power supply apparatus, and deterioration determination method of secondary battery Provided is a deterioration determination circuit configured by including: an SOC detection unit for detecting an SOC of a secondary battery; an internal resistance detection unit for detecting an internal resistance value of the secondary battery; a first determina... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8129999 | Dielectric breakdown detector for HEV battery application A circuit that indicates an impedance of a battery dielectric includes a signal generator module that flows a first current from a ground to a first terminal of a battery. A sensor circuit generates a signal based on a second current that flows from a second termina... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129998 | Performance degradation analyzer and method of the same An AC impedance meter measures an AC impedance of fuel cells against at least a specific frequency. A sensor group detects at least one operating condition of the fuel cells. A detection unit compares a degradation reference value corresponding to the detected opera... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120365 | Power control unit A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage devices, including a voltage measuring device for measuring voltages of the storage devices, a current measuring device for measuring currents flowing through the storage de... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115492 | Fuel gauging system and method thereof A lighting system is provided that includes at least one lighting device, at least one connector, and a plurality of external power sources. The at least one lighting device includes at least one lighting source, and an internal power source applying a first electri... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8063643 | System and method for measuring battery internal resistance In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a system for measuring an internal resistance of a battery. The system may involve: a processor; a load module responsive to the processor for applying a load across the battery; a current sense subsystem for sensing t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035397 | Utilizing computed battery resistance as a battery-life indicator in a mobile terminal An over-voltage detection and correction system for a transmitter of a mobile terminal that accounts for battery droop during a transmit burst is provided. In general, prior to ramp-up for a first transmit burst, a voltage of the battery of the mobile terminal at a ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035396 | Method and device for measuring internal impedance of stationary battery Battery system is widely used in emergent power plant or communication network power plant and its effective management is important. When any one of batteries connected to each other in series is failed during operation of the battery system, since reliability of t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7956615 | Utilizing computed battery resistance as a battery-life indicator in a mobile terminal An over-voltage detection and correction system for a transmitter of a mobile terminal that accounts for battery droop during a transmit burst is provided. In general, prior to ramp-up for a first transmit burst, a voltage of the battery of the mobile terminal at a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7902828 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a battery by measuring its internal resistance A method for evaluating the condition of a battery comprises coupling a first power transistor as or as part of a first external load in series with the battery, coupling a second power transistor as or as part of a second external load in series with the battery, a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898263 | Onboard battery management device A battery management device is provided for accurately measuring in a simple manner the internal resistance (reciprocal of conductance) of a battery that serves as the determination reference of the deterioration level of a battery without the application of an AC v... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7847557 | Battery management system and method of driving the same A battery management system that estimates an internal impedance of a battery, a method of driving the same, a device that estimates an internal impedance of a battery, and a method of estimating the internal impedance of a battery. A method of driving a battery man... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7808244 | System and method for determining state of charge of a battery utilizing initial voltage and current measurement and a previous estimate of battery resistance A processor executes a program to calculate values of the internal resistance R of a battery and updates a database of parameters defining the dependence of internal resistance on the battery state of charge (SOC) and temperature. The database is utilized to obtain ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782061 | Battery ohmic resistance calculation system and method An apparatus that estimates the ohmic resistances of N batteries includes voltage and current measurement modules that respectively measure the voltage and current of each of the N batteries. An ohmic resistance estimating module over N+1 time periods receives the v... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772851 | Battery float management The invention relates to a new VRLA battery float model. The model covers the steady state and transient float charge behavior of both positive and negative electrodes. Backup analysis verifies the internal polarization distribution for a conventional 2V-cell polari... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772852 | Battery string performance measurement A DC power supply system in which the resistance of a battery is measured. The voltage of the DC power supply is reduced such that the battery supplies some current to the load, and the voltage and current are measured. The voltage of the DC power supply is further ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768266 | Vehicle battery monitor apparatus and method for detecting battery change A battery monitor apparatus and method for an automotive battery system including a battery for supplying power to in-vehicle electrical equipment and sensors for detecting battery voltage, the charge/discharge current and the battery temperature are disclosed. The ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7692430 | Power control unit A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage devices, including a voltage measuring device for measuring voltages of the storage devices, a current measuring device for measuring currents flowing through the storage de... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7633297 | Apparatus and method for detecting internal impedance of a battery and a degree of battery degradation based on detected internal impedance An internal impedance detecting apparatus for detecting the internal impedance of a secondary battery with high accuracy is provided. Processor 106 divides the variation of each voltage detected by voltage change detector 103 by the variation of the cu... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7518375 | Method of estimating maximum output of battery for hybrid electric vehicle Disclosed is a method of estimating a maximum output of a battery for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). The method comprises extracting maximum charge/discharge outputs of the battery depending on a plurality of charged states (SOC) of the battery under which the veh... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7444192 | Reactive replenishable device management Reactive replenishable device management comprises receiving device measurement data from at least one device, updating one or more device usage profiles associated with the at least one device, and if an analysis of the one or more device usage profiles indicates u... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7423408 | Monitoring device and method for determining at least one characteristic variable for the state of a battery A method for determining at least one characteristic variable for the state of a battery includes: (a) determining the charge throughput of the battery per time step; having, (b) determining a first characteristic figure in order to describe the stratification of th... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420374 | Battery with remaining electrical power display function and method of the same This invention provides an electronic device that has a battery with a power storage unit and a display module, a power detector and a display control module. The power storage unit is for storing electrical power and the display module is placed on the surface of t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411515 | Remote control with low battery indication The invention is a method and remote control apparatus for controlling an electronic device that is capable of indicating a low battery state without the need for cooperation with the electronic device. In one aspect, the invention is a remote control apparatus for ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405571 | Methods and apparatuses for determining battery capacity Methods and apparatuses for determining a battery capacity are described. According to one embodiment, an exemplary method includes generating virtual calibration data of the battery based on one or more characteristics of the battery, determining a virtual open cir... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403016 | Car power source apparatus A car power source apparatus is provided with a battery having a plurality of battery modules connected in series on positive and negative sides of a midpoint reference node, and a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage of one or a plurality of battery m... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394394 | Battery monitor with wireless remote communication An apparatus and method for monitoring at least one battery condition. A ac signal is applied to a battery. A difference between a signal output from the battery and a threshold determines a battery condition. The determined battery condition is transmitted remotely... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388383 | Detecting method and detecting apparatus for detecting internal of rechargeable battery, rechargeable battery pack having said detecting apparatus therein, apparatus having said detecting apparatus therein, program in which said detecting method is incorporated, and medium in which said program is stored A detecting method for detecting internal resistance of an inspective rechargeable battery when said inspective rechargeable battery is charged by the constant current-constant voltage charging regime, said detecting method comprising at least a step (a) wherein an ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382270 | Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor for communicating with communications circuitry of the battery. Ide... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364078 | Bar code reading method and apparatus for a battery tester charger An apparatus for entering information into a battery test/charger that includes a bar code reader, a controller that is used to receive information from the bar code reader wherein the controller controls a battery tester/charger. In addition, a method for entering ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349813 | Fault tolerant power system architecture for fluid flow measurement systems To provide a fault-tolerant architecture to supply electrical operating power in fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods include an intelligent power module with redundant and electrically indepen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340331 | Vehicle data recorder using digital and analog diagnostic data A vehicle diagnostic system monitors user-selected analog diagnostic data that is received from a vehicle to determine whether it meets a user-specified trigger characteristic and records user-selected digital diagnostic data that is received from the vehicle in res... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332892 | Method for predicting the voltage of a battery The present invention discloses a method for predicting the voltage of a battery, in particular a vehicle battery. The method according to the invention makes it possible to predict a voltage drop before it actually occurs as a result of a load. For this purpose, a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332881 | AC drive system for electrically operated vehicle A drive system for an electric vehicle includes a motor for providing a drive torque and an electrically actuated brake for providing a braking torque to the motor. The system includes a controller that receives a plurality of inputs which may include a battery volt... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318345 | Method of measuring the height of a liquid using a high-frequency line probe The invention relates to a method of measuring the height of a liquid using a high-frequency line probe. According to the invention, a comparison is made, on an electric circuit (3) which is supplied with high-frequency alternating current, between the impeda... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319333 | Power control unit A tracked vehicle has a power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage devices. A voltage measuring device measures voltages of the respective storage devices, and a current measuring device measures currents flowing throu... | 01/15/2008 |
