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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138726 | Electronics with multiple charge rate One or more buttons, located either on a battery pack or on an electronic device powered by the battery pack, that allow the user to charge the battery of a portable device faster than normal. Electronic circuitry is provided for activating the charge mode choices. | 03/20/2012 |
| 8076907 | Method and apparatus for exporting power in a renewable energy system employing a battery charger A method of charging a battery in a system involving a renewable energy source and operable to supply at least some electrical energy from the renewable energy source to a third party involves causing a charge controller operably connected to the renewable energy so... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8030902 | Method for charging battery module in multiple stages A method for charging a battery module including a plurality of parallelly-connected battery cell sets in multiple stages is provided. In the present invention, a constant current charging is applied for charging the battery module in an initial stage of charging th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022676 | Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a power supply circuit configured to supply, to a battery, a first charge current for a quick charge and a second charge current for a normal charge smaller than the first charge current, the first charge cu... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7965062 | Method and apparatus for charging nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery It is made possible to keep a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a charged state for a long period of time and minimize the degradation of the battery. A method for charging a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a non... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7948213 | System and method of trickle charging a battery in a narrow rail architecture A method for charging a battery of an electronic device using a connected a/c power adapter comprising the steps of determining a state of a transistor connecting a regulated voltage to the battery and switching a charging current applied to the battery between a qu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7932702 | Method and apparatus for charging a battery to an enhanced capacity A lithium-ion battery (126) is normally charged using a constant current/constant voltage charge regime (206, 210), where the battery is charged to a preselected normal voltage level (210) whereupon the voltage is maintained at the limit while t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7902796 | Battery equalization charging method and apparatus The present invention discloses a charging method for equalization charging a battery array consisting of at least two cells, comprising the following steps: (a) charging the cells of the battery array with a constant charging current; (b) detecting the cell voltage... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7880443 | System and method of trickle charging a battery in a narrow rail architecture The charging circuit for charging a battery of an electronic device using a connected AC power adaptor includes circuitry responsive to an applied regulated voltage for charging the battery connected to the charging circuitry. The circuitry prevents the regulated vo... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7830126 | Hybrid vehicle control system and method When detecting an abnormality in some storage batteries, the hybrid vehicle control system separates the faulty storage batteries and leads the sound storage batteries to a high SOC. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825636 | Electronics with multiple charge rate One or more buttons, located either on a battery pack or on an electronic device powered by the battery pack, that allow the user to charge the battery of a portable device faster than normal. Electronic circuitry is provided for activating the charge mode choices. | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825635 | Computer system and control method thereof capable of changing battery charging mode according to user's selection A computer system, including a system unit having at least one device; a battery unit which supplies power to the system unit; a charging unit which charges the battery unit at a predetermined charging speed; a user input unit which receives a user input related to ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7777455 | Switching battery charger with programmable current control and power control A switching circuit coupled to one or more input sources and having one or more switching elements controlled to produce an output for charging a battery. A first control circuit is responsive to current of the switching circuit for producing a first control signal ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772807 | Method for charging portable electronic device A method for charging portable electronic device is disclosed. When the portable electronic device is connected to a power source, the method selects a protecting mode or a fast charging mode to charge the battery according to the current operating status of the por... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7705566 | Charger structure with normal and boosting charge modes A charger device is configured with electric conducting devices corresponding to electric conducting contact points of a battery. The electric conducting contact points are correspondingly associated with the charger device, a detector device and an automatic switch... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692410 | Method and device for determining characteristics of an unknown battery An apparatus for determining a rate of charge/discharge, C rate, or state of charge, SOC, of a battery having unknown characteristics comprises a circuit for applying at least a two-pulse current load to said battery. A change in voltage, ΔV, resulting from the app... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7638981 | Charging device A circuit device contains a main circuit structure for main charging and a setting unit incorporated into the circuit structure for setting a weak current. The charging device includes a power-source for supplying a charging current to a secondary battery, an operat... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7525290 | Charge control device for executing a plurality of charge stages A battery is charged in a number of states, with a change from a third charge stage to a fourth charge stage (e.g., final stage) is executed when a battery voltage reaches a change voltage or when a charge time reaches an upper time limit, in order to inhibit the ov... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7436152 | Method and system for charge current control A charge current control system is disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention includes a voltage detecting component that determines whether voltage stored by a load is at a voltage threshold. Also included are current supplying components that supply a char... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7391183 | System for controlling charging of secondary battery To provide a system for controlling the charging of a secondary battery (battery), which is capable of keeping an initial charging/discharging characteristic of the battery in consideration of a change in environmental temperature and deterioration of the battery wi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365515 | Universal battery charger To provide a universal battery charger with low power consumption during a standby condition and a rush current suppressing capability at the time of commencement of charging, a voltage slightly larger than a battery voltage is produced and applied to the battery. T... | 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 |
| 7355366 | Charging system and method for charging a communication terminal A charging system and method for charging a communication terminal are provided which supply to a battery a compensation current equivalent to an amount of current input to a communication terminal. The charging method includes detecting a value of current flowing t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7327121 | Charger having output voltage regulating function A charger for a motorized tool includes a filter circuit, a rectifier circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWN) circuit, a transformer circuit, and a sensing circuit. Thus, the sensing circuit captures partial of the output voltage to compare with a reference voltage ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7301307 | Method and apparatus to charge a battery using determination of battery load current By determining charging current Ichar and then subsequently utilising that determination of charging current Ichar in relation to battery current Ibat and load current Iload as a result of operation of a phone or other ele... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7283338 | Power supply device for low-voltage electronic residual current circuit breakers A power supply device for low-voltage electronic residual current circuit breakers includes an electronic rectifier stage suitable to receive in input a mains voltage and to generate a first unipolar voltage whose value depends on the value of the mains voltage, and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282891 | Method for charging a battery A method and apparatus for charging a rechargeable battery (110) that takes into account the use patterns of the particular battery. A user may only discharge the battery a little and recharge it frequently which is a low capacity high life cycle use pattern,... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274171 | Charging circuit for secondary battery A charging circuit for a secondary battery includes a constant-voltage circuit part outputting one of a plurality of predetermined constant voltages and charges the secondary battery by applying the constant voltage thereto, a detection circuit part detecting a batt... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272025 | Method and apparatus to control either a regulated or an unregulated output of a switching power supply Techniques are disclosed to control output power from a switching power supply. For example, a switching regulator according to aspects of the present invention includes a switch to be coupled to an energy transfer element of a power supply. A controller is coupled ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268517 | Method and system for energy reclamation and reuse The present invention relates to a system and method for harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy, and more particularly, to the integration of antennas and electronics for harvesting ubiquitous radio frequency (RF) energy, transforming such electromagnetic energy ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259538 | Adaptive battery conditioning employing battery chemistry determination Adaptive battery conditioning employs battery chemistry determination to establish how, when and whether to condition a battery. As a result, the conditioning is optimized for the determined battery chemistry. Further, conditioning of a battery that is not condition... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7245107 | System and method for battery charge control based on a cycle life parameter A charging and discharging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The strategy involves monitoring and learning the battery pack's condition (a cycle life parameter) in terms of its progression through its life cycle. The life cycle parameter may be ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7221124 | Battery charger with protection circuitry The charger includes a controller, a battery power source having at least two power settings connected to the controller, a power supply connectable to an outside power source, the power supply receiving a current and voltage from the outside power source for provid... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218076 | Battery charging system A battery charging system comprising: a current source; a battery; and a voltage and current regulator, which regulates voltage applied to the battery and current supplied to the battery. The battery charging system shapes the current supplied to the battery, and ma... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
