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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425815 | Modulation charging circuitry for battery charging Circuitry for charging a battery includes a switch for coupling the power source to the battery. The switch is turned on and off in accordance with a periodic control signal including a plurality of periods. Each period includes a first duration during which the con... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7363522 | Apparatus and methods for information handling system with power supply device with variable output power An information handling system includes a power source configured to provide a plurality of power levels to a load. At least one of the plurality of power levels corresponds to a level obtained by de-rating a capacity of the power source from a nominal design specif... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7339354 | Rechargeable battery charging method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for charging a lithium-ion based rechargeable battery in a short time is provided. A terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery is compared with a predetermined first set voltage V1 while charging the rechargeable battery with a co... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7273260 | Electronic breakaway device A breakaway device (10) to detect when a towed vehicle (14) separates from a towing vehicle (16) in order to engage the towed vehicle's brakes broadly comprises a sensor operable to detect when a signal from the towing vehicle (16) is los... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7253589 | Dual-source CMOS battery charger A circuit for charging a battery by selecting among two available power sources while providing overcharging and temperature protection to the battery and managing a charging current is described. A power pass and sense circuit is arranged to provide charge voltage ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245109 | Temperature sensitive power converter The present invention provides a power converter for recreational vehicle (RV) batteries that uses time and ambient temperature to control output voltage. By employing a remote temperature sensor attached to the battery post, temperature information is sent to an ou... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227337 | Battery charger with dual use microprocessor A battery charger with a discrete switched regulator provides relatively high efficiency and relatively low cost. Unlike known battery chargers which incorporate switched regulator ICs, the battery charger in accordance with the present invention utilizes the microp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7209334 | Auto adjustment of over current protection in degraded mode An information handling system having a power supply with automatic adjustment of over current protection for both normal and degraded modes of standby operation. A first over current protection shutdown value is used when the power supply cooling fan is operational... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202631 | Battery and system power selector integration scheme In a method and system for operating each smart battery included in a smart battery system, the smart battery is initialized prior to the smart battery being electrically coupled to the smart battery system. The smart battery system or an external power source is se... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7002265 | Power supply methods and configurations A look-up table assists a source of logic of an apparatus in determining the power requirements of an unknown battery-powered device, so that a configurable power supply adjusts its output to provide the correct power to the device. The functions of the look-up tabl... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6904342 | Control apparatus for energy storage device in motor vehicle A control apparatus for use in a vehicle for controlling an energy storage device adapted to discharge electric power that varies with a temperature is provided. The control apparatus includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature associated with the ener... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6691049 | Method and apparatus to detect that the battery gauge is out of calibration A laptop computer system comprising an apparatus and related method for monitoring a battery gauge of a laptop computer and notifying the computer system user if the battery gauge is out of calibration by monitoring a calculated remaining battery capacity... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6236216 | Temperature/voltage detecting unit and battery element unit A temperature/voltage detecting unit has a temperature detector and a voltage detector. The temperature detector has a light electric system stabilized power supply for stabilizing a light electric system power supply voltage, a temperature resistance ele... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6166516 | Battery charger for towed vehicles and the like An electrical charging circuit for applying a controlled charge to a receiving device, such as a battery, and particularly such as a battery carried on a towed vehicle such as a trailer for actuating the trailer brakes during emergency situations such as ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6097176 | Method for managing back-up power source A method for managing a back-up power source capable of maintaining the discharge capacity of a nickel metal-hydride storage battery for a long-term at a low cost, and is suitable for the management of the back-up power source for the guidance lights, the... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5969508 | Battery charging method using battery circuitry impedence measurement to determine optimum charging voltage A charging technique (200) charges a battery pack (102) by taking into account the additional internal circuit impedance of the battery pack. An optimum pack voltage value for the battery pack is calculated (208) based on the rated internal cell voltage a... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5847546 | System and apparatus for generating a continuosly variable reference signal for controlling battery cell charging A power supply system, for example, for use with a portable personal computer, includes a smart battery pack and a charging system. The smart battery pack is provided with a dedicated microcontroller for controlling the charging level of the battery charg... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5289103 | Battery charger for towed vehicle A battery charger is disclosed for charging a battery from a vehicle electrical system. The battery charger includes switching devices and a storage element for providing a supply from the vehicle electrical system. The regulator is connected to the switc... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4712055 | Battery charger circuit A latching arrangement is provided in a high speed battery charging circuit. The latching arrangement includes a momentary switch for momentarily changing a voltage level on a gate controlling capacitor for a gate controlled high current path and an inver... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4081739 | Circuit for quick charging of batteries The circuit includes voltage supply terminals for connection to a voltage source and battery connection terminals for connection to a battery to be charged. Circuitry connects the voltage supply terminals to the battery connection terminals for the transm... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4065712 | Rapid charging system and method for sealed storage cells A system and method for effecting rapid safe charging of sealed storage cells embodying a charger to supplying a rapid high rate charging current to the cells or battery of cells with interruption but once during charging, at an optimum time to prevent ce... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3969665 | Automatic control circuit for battery charging systems The utilization of a pilot SCR in the control circuitry adapted to trigger a pair of SCRs in the power circuit of a battery charging system to maintain automatic off-on control of the system at full battery charged capacity whenever the battery voltage is... | 07/13/1976 |
