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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7723993 | Electronic battery tester configured to predict a load test result based on open circuit voltage, temperature, cranking size rating, and a dynamic parameter A method and apparatus is provided for rapidly and safely estimating the high-rate load test voltage of a storage battery utilizing open-circuit voltage, temperature and a dynamic parameter such as conductance or resistance. An output indicative of the condition of ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7545147 | System and method for nondestructive testing of thermal batteries The present invention generally relates to a thermal battery testing apparatus and a method for testing a thermal battery. The method includes one or more of the following steps: connecting the thermal battery in series with a resistance; connecting the thermal batt... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7479786 | Member for measurement of cell voltage and temperature in battery pack A member for measurement of cell voltage and temperature in a battery pack comprises temperature measuring elements (a) attached to the surfaces of unit cells, and a printed circuit board (b) having protrusions formed at the upper end thereof such that the protrusio... | 01/20/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7333313 | Multiplexed temperature sensing circuit for HID lamp ballast A temperature sensing circuit for a ballast for a HID lamp multiplexes the temperature measurement function with another function to reduce the number of pins required for the temperature measurement function performed by the microcontroller of the ballast. The circ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7262605 | Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus has a battery apparatus that is composed of a battery, a temperature sensor that is thermally coupled to the battery and whose electrical resistance changes with the temperature of the battery to which it is thermally coupled, a temperature ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253680 | Amplifier system with current-mode servo feedback A system and method for compensating an amplifier apparatus for low frequency and/or DC components of an externally applied input signal as well as for any voltage offsets contributed by the amplifier circuitry. Band-limited servo feedback is applied to predetermine... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227336 | Lithium ion rapid charging system and method The present invention discloses a method and system for the rapid charging of a lithium-ion battery. A charging algorithm is applied to modify a charging pulses frequency, duty cycle and amplitude depending on the measurement of the battery temperature. The charging... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211987 | Electric device with intelligent battery system therein A computer provided with an intelligent battery 52 for charging/discharging, the intelligent battery 52 supplying power to a main system unit, wherein the intelligent battery 52 includes: a voltage measuring circuit 70 for measuring a bat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212046 | Power-up signal generating apparatus In a power-up signal generating device, a power-up signal is activated at a certain level of the power supply voltage VDD by adjusting the turn-on resistance value of the MOS transistor so that the chip reliability can be improved. The power-up signal generating dev... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208914 | Apparatus and method for predicting the remaining discharge time of a battery A method and apparatus for predicting the remaining discharge time of a battery are provided. The method includes measuring a dynamic parameter of the battery, obtaining a discharge current of the battery, measuring a voltage of the battery and obtaining a temperatu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202632 | Battery management apparatus When impedance calculating conditions are satisfied after a system is started, the impedance of a battery is calculated using the current of the battery, a time variation in open circuit voltage thereof, a time variation in terminal voltage thereof, a time variation... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199557 | Apparatus, methods and computer program products for estimation of battery reserve life using adaptively modified state of health indicator-based reserve life models A model of battery reserve life that a function of a SOH indicator is adaptively modified responsive to intermittent capacity tests of a battery, e.g., based on reserve life estimates generated responsive to the capacity tests. The SOH indicator for the battery is m... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7173429 | Activity-based battery monitor with a universal current measuring apparatus A battery monitoring apparatus that obtains a current measurement for a current in a conductive element. The battery monitoring apparatus includes conductive lines configured to couple to a conductive element having an electrical current, a filter coupled to the con... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7154276 | Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a vehicle electrical system An apparatus for measuring electrical parameters for an electrical system measures a first and second parameters of the electrical system between connections to the electrical system. A processor determines a third electrical parameter of the electrical system as a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129706 | Part tester and method A part tester can be configured to prevent part warranty fraud by requiring the input of unique part identifying information into a part tester prior to initiation of the testing. By configuring the tester and the information input correctly, warranty fraud can be m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119686 | Theft prevention device for automotive vehicle service centers An apparatus and method for preventing theft in automotive vehicle service centers. A transmitter transmits a wireless security signal which defines a perimeter. At least one portable tool for use in automotive vehicle service centers includes a receiver configured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7055636 | Drive control device for hybrid vehicle A target driving power is calculated in accordance with the operating condition, a fuel consumption rate per power unit is calculated at all the possible operating points of an engine (1) and a drive motor (5) to realize the target driving power, a tar... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051008 | Method and system for determining state-of-health of a nickel-metal hydride battery using an intelligent system A method and system for determining the state-of-health of a nickel-metal hydride battery connected to a load comprises: detecting at least one of a real and imaginary part of an impedance of the battery at each of a first set of selected frequencies, the first set ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033671 | Multilayers of fluoropolymers with chlorinated polyvinylchloride Multilayers comprising at least one laminate formed in sequence by the following layers: A) one thermoprocessable fluoropolymer layer comprising units deriving from vinylidenfluoride (VDF); B) one polyamide layer blended with 0.01%–5% by ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034541 | 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... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014375 | Thermal printer and method determining battery condition based on temperature A tape print apparatus is capable of setting a weak voltage value, serving as a criterion on indicating a power weakness condition on a display, to an appropriate voltage value based on various kinds of usage conditions by considering that the degree of consumption ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983212 | Battery management system and method A battery management system is disclosed for control of individual cells in a battery string. The battery management system includes a charger, a voltmeter, a selection circuit and a microprocessor. Under control of the microprocessor, the selection circuit connects... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6972703 | Voltage detection circuit A voltage detection circuit. A second NMOS transistor has a gate coupled to the gate of a first NMOS transistor. A comparator has input terminals, and an output terminal. A first resistor is coupled between the first input terminal and the source of the first NMOS t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969973 | Apparatus for calculating remaining battery capacity An apparatus for calculating remaining capacity of a battery is provided with a current detection section to detect current flow in the battery, a remaining capacity calculation section to integrate the current value detected by the current detection section and cal... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967484 | Electronic battery tester with automotive scan tool communication An electronic battery tester includes battery test circuitry configured to couple to a battery. A databus is configured to exchange data with external circuitry. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6956355 | Self-diagnosis system for an energy storage device A self-diagnosis system for an energy storage device, the latter including a plurality of electrochemical cells connected in series or parallel to form a cell string. The self-diagnosis system correlates a state of health of the battery based on the internal resista... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941234 | 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... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933727 | Electronic battery tester cable A cable for use with an electronic battery tester includes first and second electrical connections configured to couple to terminals of a battery. A memory is configured to store digital data. Electrical terminals are configured to couple the cable to the electronic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919725 | Electronic battery tester/charger with integrated battery cell temperature measurement device An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery that includes a battery housing with a plurality of electrochemical cells electrically connected to terminals of the battery is provided. The battery tester includes positive and negative connectors that can... | 07/19/2005 |
