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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893658 | Methods and systems for battery charging management Methods and systems for battery charging are provided. A system includes a battery charger electrically coupled to at least one battery and a plurality of sensors configured to measure a voltage of the battery, a charging current supplied to the battery, and a tempe... | 02/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7288920 | Method and apparatus for regulating charging of electrochemical cells A rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided having a pressure-responsive apparatus for determining a charge termination point. In particular, a reversible pressure-responsive switch may be disposed in a cap at the open end of a rechargeable metal hydride cell. T... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7248021 | Battery pack with resin integrated substrate and vent Constructing a battery pack by: providing a resin sheet (40) to cover a release opening (20a) of a safety vent (20) formed on a sealing plate (23); integrating a rechargeable battery (2) and a circuit substrate (3) wi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7196492 | Power supply apparatus including fuel cell and capacitor, and operation method thereof An electric vehicle 10 includes a power supply apparatus 15. The power supply apparatus 15 includes a fuel cell system 22, capacitor 24 and secondary battery 26 that are connected in parallel to wiring 50. When a driv... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173396 | Hybrid electric vehicle with enhanced battery control A method and system for enhanced battery control improves the performance of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). The HEV includes an internal combustion engine, at least one motor operable as a generator and a battery. A hybrid control module determines various dischar... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155897 | Combustion temperature high speed detection device A combustion temperature high speed detection device is provided with a phase lead processing portion, thereby canceling out a detection lag of a temperature detector, and detecting the combustion gas temperature of a combustor at a high speed. The combustion temper... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157653 | Magnetic latching switch A magnetic latching switch includes a housing having mounted therein a movable electrical control structure normally retained in a first position with a stationary electrical lug structure. The electrical control structure and the electrical lugs are held together b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7059436 | Operating load control for fuel cell power system in fuel cell vehicle A fuel cell vehicle drives a motor (9) with electric power from a fuel cell power system (100) comprising a fuel cell (4) which generates electricity using hydrogen and oxygen. A controller (10) calculates an electrical load demand requir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7005830 | Rechargeable battery pack with adaptive regenerative energy control and method thereof A charging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack is used in an application that includes a dynamoelectric machine that may operate as a motor, drawing power from the battery pack, or as a generator, delivering regenerative energy to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6975096 | Method and apparatus for regulating charging of electrochemical cells A rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided having a pressure-responsive apparatus for determining a charge termination point. In particular, a reversible pressure-responsive switch may be disposed in a rechargeable cell. A sensor determines when the switch has ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6946845 | Current, voltage and temperature measuring circuit An ASIC for current, voltage and temperature measurements has signal inputs (RSHH, VBAT, ETS, ETR) for receiving input signals, several choppers, an amplifier, an analog/digital converter and a digital signal output for outputting the result of the measurement and f... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941198 | Method for controlling activation of a power source of a hybrid electric vehicle A method for controlling activation of a power source of a hybrid electric vehicle. A hybrid electric vehicle has first and second power sources connected to a motor. The motor is connected to a transmission adapted to drive a vehicle wheel. The method includes comp... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927552 | Control apparatus for on-vehicle electricity storage device A control apparatus for an on-vehicle electricity storage device, which enables an appropriate charging of the on-vehicle electricity storage device while preventing degradation of the on-vehicle electricity storage device. The counter value of a high voltage mainta... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6928381 | Battery overtemperature control system and method A control system and method for a battery charger. The system includes a processor that receives inputs from a battery current sensor and temperature sensors within the batteries. The processor terminates and resumes charging in response to measured battery temperat... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6911803 | Systems and methods for evaluating a charge state of a battery based on optical properties of the battery electrolyte material System and methods for evaluating a charge state of a battery are provided. A light source is configured for emitting light through an electrolyte contained within the battery. An optical element determines the charge state based on the light passing through the ele... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909200 | Methods of supplying energy to an energy bus in a hybrid electric vehicle, and apparatuses, media and signals for the same Methods, apparatuses, media and signals for supplying energy to an energy bus in communication with an energy generating device and with a regenerative braking system in a hybrid electric vehicle are disclosed. One such method includes controlling power supplied by ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6900616 | Current interrupt device for rechargeable cells A current interrupt device for rechargeable, electrochemical cells having a safety valve, insulating spacer and a thin metal plate for coupling to an electrode assembly is provided. The thin metal plate electrically couples to the safety valve by way of a conductive... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6856118 | Method and device for batteries Method for treatment, in the form of regeneration, of accumulators having at least one cell, preferably lead batteries, in which a varying direct voltage from a charging unit is applied in intermittent current supply periods, which are interrupted by current free pa... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6518732 | System and method for optimal battery usage in electric and hybrid vehicles A method and apparatus (FIG. 1) for optimizing recharging of batteries (20) in an electric or hybrid vehicle that uses an electric motor (35) powered by the batteries (20) and having a regenerative system (10) that uses mechanical forces of the vehicle to... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6469511 | Battery clamp with embedded environment sensor An apparatus configured to couple to a battery contact is provided. The apparatus includes an electrical connector for connection to a battery contact and an environment sensor integrated with the electrical connector, the environment sensor senses change... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6459238 | Method for charging a battery pack including a plurality of battery units A method for charging a battery pack including a plurality of battery units includes: a first step of charging the battery units with a first electric current at a first rate until an internal pressure of at least one of the plurality of battery units beg... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6437542 | Pressure-based battery charging Battery charge control protocols and methodologies to use pressure-based controls and algorithms to properly terminate battery charging processes.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6380638 | Hybrid propulsion for fuel-cell cars The invention relates to a hybrid drive for an electric vehicle having a fuel cell, an energy store, an electric traction motor and electrical auxiliary loads. The invention proposes providing two separate circuits, provided with switching devices, for se... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6285167 | Use of catalysts in standby valve-regulated lead acid cells In the charging of a valve-regulated, lead-acid (VRLA) cell at a charge voltage which has a value that is slightly in excess of the value of the open-circuit voltage of the cell, wherein, during charging of the cell, there is produced at the positive and ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6246216 | Battery charge control device having function to decide gassing without temperature sensor A battery charge control device is capable of detecting a gassing state in a battery without using a temperature sensor. Under condition of charging the battery 5 with a charging current, when a terminal voltage Vi of the battery 5 monitored by the device... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6242894 | Battery conditioning scheme A portable radio (306) provides a selectable and/or automatic battery conditioning mode of operation (400). Battery conditioning is achieved by discharge state (410) that discharges the battery down to a predetermined threshold using existing radio circui... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6225785 | Electrical safety test apparatus and test method for rechargeable lithium batteries A voltage is applied to a lithium battery resulting in a constant current charging rate until the lithium battery reaches two hundred and seventy percent of the minimum specified capacity, or until the lithium battery vents, or at a charging rate of three... | 05/01/2001 |
