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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188706 | Power management unit with battery detection controller and switchable regulator block According to one exemplary embodiment, a power management unit residing in an electronic device includes a battery detection controller coupled to a battery charger and a regulator block, where the regulator block is capable of providing power to the electronic devi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188707 | Methods and systems for a wall mounted universal power supply Methods and Systems for charging portable equipment having divergent power requirements and exhibiting different structural features are provided by devices having adapters to accommodate the portable equipment in the form of a wall mounted universal power supply. A... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183826 | Battery charging control methods, electric vehicle charging methods, battery charging apparatuses and rechargeable battery systems Battery charging control methods, electric vehicle charging methods, battery charging apparatuses and rechargeable battery systems. According to one aspect, a battery charging control method includes accessing information regarding a presence of at least one of a su... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183825 | Docking charger for charging a hand held electronic device with or without a protective cover case fitted thereon The embodiments relate generally to a docking charger for charging a hand held electronic device. The docking charger has a docking base formed with a reception area. The reception area has a shape and size to support and hold the hand held electronic device in a ch... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183824 | Adaptive mode change for power unit In one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes a power stage component operable to generate an output voltage from a power source and to provide the output voltage to an electrical device. The power stage component is capable of operating in a plurali... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179088 | Noncontact transmission device A noncontact transmission device 100 is provided with a driver 106 for driving a coil 102; a system clock oscillator 110 for outputting a system clock; a monitoring clock oscillator 112 for outputting a monitoring clock LF0 ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159181 | Combining two or more DC to DC converters to limit external coils This disclosure relates to a voltage converter including a control circuit, a converter sub-circuit, and a single coil, where when the voltage converter can perform bi-directional voltage conversion using the single coil. In other words, the voltage converter can ge... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154245 | Systems and methods for charging a chargeable USB device Systems and methods are provided for charging a USB device. A USB connector may be used to couple the system to a USB port on the USB device, the USB connector including a bus voltage (Vbus) connector, a positive data (D+) connector, and a negative data (D−) conne... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148938 | Lead storage battery charging control method, charging control circuit, power source device, and lead storage battery Disclosed is a charging control method including: a full charging step of charging a lead storage battery until the battery is fully charged; a refresh charging step of performing refresh charging of charging the lead storage battery with a predetermined refresh cha... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138717 | Electrical connection between devices Concepts for forming an electrical connection between devices are disclosed. A cord for transferring electrical power and signals can be provided to connect a first device to a second device. One or more magnetic couplings can be provided to exert magnetic forces be... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138716 | Portable multi-input remote AA battery chargers A portable multi-input remote AA battery charger is provided that can recharge as many as eight (8) AA batteries at once within 100 minutes. This invention's battery charger for rechargeable batteries can also be powered by a number of the currently available milita... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134334 | Vehicle Light applied from an illumination unit illuminates a space formed of an accommodation unit, and facilitates a user's operation of coupling a charging connector to an electric power-receiving unit. When a lid unit is in a closed state, a part of the light applied fr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129941 | Power supply with regulation of voltage boosting time A multi-voltage power supply includes a transformer connecting to an AC power source to regulate voltage and deliver voltage-transformed electric power, a rectification output circuit connecting to the transformer to rectify the voltage-transformed electric power an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120315 | Battery charger with mechanism to automatically load and unload batteries A mechanism is disclosed for loading/unloading one or more rechargeable batteries. The mechanism includes one or more charging compartments configured to receive one or more rechargeable batteries and a first actuator configured to cause the one or more rechargeable... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111040 | Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device In accordance with the teachings described herein, a method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device is provided. A universal serial bus (USB) interface may be used for connecting the mobile device to a USB host. A processing device ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106625 | Noncontact transmission device A noncontact transmission device (100) is provided with a monitoring clock oscillator (112) for outputting a monitoring clock (LF0) having a frequency lower than that of a system clock (CK0); a control circuit (108); a memory (1... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102146 | Remaining-amount estimation device and method for secondary battery An SOC-estimation-value-depending gain selection unit multiplies the deviation of an SOC estimation value (last calculated value) relative to an estimated SOC by a correction gain G1 to calculate a correction value. The SOC-estimation-value-depending gain sel... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098041 | Method of charging a powertrain A method of charging a powertrain includes detecting an external power source in electrical communication with the powertrain, establishing a virtual network between charging control module, and transferring charge from the external power source to the powertrain. | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098042 | Charging system for walking robot and charging method therefor A charging system for a walking robot which charges a battery mounted on the walking robot by connecting a power supplying connector provided in a charging station to a power receiving connector in the walking robot, wherein the walking robot is capable of moving wi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093860 | Ceiling fan motor with generator winding A ceiling fan motor with a generator winding is disclosed. A stator is fixed on a motor axle. It is surrounded with several first magnetizing coils, each of which is winded with a second magnetizing coil with a generator winding. A rotor is mounted on the motor axle... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089244 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a main body, at least two pins folded mounted to the main body, and at least two conductive assemblies received in the main body. Each of the conductive assemblies includes a locking member and a resilient member resisting the locking m... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084990 | Camping kit An electrical system (60, 200) for a tent or shelter (98, 201). Wires (60) are routed through a tent or shelter (98, 201) either by attaching the wires to the tent or shelter, running the wires through hems, seams (100), or sleeves... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076901 | Charging system and method for electronic device controlled by audio output A charging system and method for an electronic device controlled by audio output are used for controlling an external charging power supply to charge the electronic device. An electric quantity detection software runs on the electronic device, for detecting an elect... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072183 | Multiple interface device charger with removable battery pack A charging accessory for a portable electronic device having a device input connector includes a main charger body portion having a power supply connection to an AC wall outlet that receives an AC power supply voltage. Power conversion circuitry converts the AC powe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063605 | Charging device for an electric vehicle, electric vehicle equipped with the charging device and control method for charging an electric vehicle An HV-ECU acquires electric power information from an electricity transmission line by using a modem. The electric power information includes information regarding the amount of carbon dioxide having been emitted in the generating process of the commercial electric ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054035 | Power storage device including an antenna In the field of portable electronic devices in the future, portable electronic devices will be desired, which are smaller and more lightweight and can be used for a long time period by one-time charging, as apparent from provision of one-segment partial reception se... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035339 | Power supply device and portable electronic device A power supply device capable of reducing noise intruding into connecting terminals for signal input or output will be provided. A cradle device 3 has a case 18; a positive supply terminal 21P and a negative power supply terminal 21N expo... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030886 | Thermal management of batteries using synthetic jets A thermally managed power source (201) is provided herein which comprises a first battery module (203), and a first synthetic jet ejector (215) disposed on a surface of said first battery module and being adapted to direct a plurality of synthet... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022664 | Battery charger A battery charger includes a housing, an electrical connector, magnets, and sensors. The electrical connector with a magnet attached thereon is received in the housing. The electrical connector is connected to the rear wall of the housing via an elastic member. The ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004234 | Prioritizing power-consuming applications of an electronic device powered by a battery A power management system comprises a power management module configured to receive a requested duration for powering an electronic device by a battery, the power management module configured to control use of power-consuming elements of the electronic device based ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990102 | Cordless power supply A cordless power supply comprising a battery, a power conversion unit, a first standard coupling half permanently affixed to the power conversion unit and a second standard coupling half which reciprocally mates with the first standard coupling half is disclosed and... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990101 | Multi-configurable, scalable, redundant battery module with multiple fault tolerance An energy delivery system includes at least one string of two or more energy delivery modules electrically coupled in series. Each energy delivery module includes one or more energy delivery devices for storing and delivering electrical current, and a module monitor... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973512 | Mobile telephone charger with promotional audio output A mobile telephone charger capable of reproducing a promotional audio tune is provided comprising a housing, a power input connector attached to the housing for receiving an electrical power input, a power output connector attached to the housing for charging a mobi... | 07/05/2011 |
| RE42468 | Storage battery charging station A charging station (1) for a rechargeable battery (5) that can be electrically and physically connected to the rechargeable battery (5). The charging station (1) has charger electronics (2) in a charger housing (3) and an el... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960943 | Modular battery system having battery monitoring and data collection capability Disclosed herein is a modular battery system having at least one subsystem comprising a plurality of battery modules connected in series or parallel, wherein each subsystem preferably having a first endplate and a second endplate. The battery modules may be bound be... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960944 | Power supply that supplies power to and communicates with an electrical appliance A system includes a power source (102), a power supply (103), and an electrical appliance (106). The power supply (103) uses power from the power source (102) to supply power to the electrical appliance (106). The devices ca... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956571 | Method and apparatus for measuring electrochemical properties Apparatus for measuring electrochemical properties of materials, and methods of measuring electrochemical properties of materials, are provided. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952321 | Device having an energy converter and an energy limiter to limit supplied electrical energy 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... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7898213 | Multi-battery charger A multi-battery charger for at least one rechargeable battery includes a charger case, and a multi-battery charging module. The charger case includes a plurality of electrically neutral charging terminals spacedly provided thereon, and an electric input terminal ada... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893654 | Constant-current, constant-voltage and constant-temperature current supply of a battery charger Provided is a current supply for providing a charge current to a load. The current supply includes: a driving transistor, providing the charge current to the load; a sensing transistor, limiting the charge current; a pulling low transistor, pulling low a controlling... | 02/22/2011 |
