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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7489112 | Voltage detecting device A voltage detecting device for an on-vehicle high-voltage battery in which secondary batteries are connected in series, the on-vehicle high-voltage battery being divided into blocks each including at least one secondary battery, includes: voltage detecting means eac... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7399321 | Soldering method of nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary-battery In a method of reflow soldering, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is discharged to a first discharge voltage different from a second discharge voltage at an inflection point in a discharge curve of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394237 | Maxium power point tracking method and tracking device thereof for a solar power system A maximum power point tracking method, applied to a tracking device, employs a DC/DC converter connecting with a solar cell array, and including a controller actuating the DC/DC converter to perform an active resistance characteristic; a maximum power point tracking... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382108 | Charging apparatus and charging current detecting circuit thereof A charging apparatus and a charging current detecting circuit thereof are disclosed in which it is possible to implement an electric circuit with little voltage loss by using an operational amplifier of low cost. A detecting resistor is disposed at the power voltage... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7358701 | Method and system for modeling energy transfer A method and system for modeling or simulating an application environment so as to evaluate the effect of a selected battery and charger in the application environment. Sensors are used to gather data regarding the energy consumption needs of the application environ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316792 | Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery and electrode structural body comprising said electrode material An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R) in a range ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7248023 | Charger for lithium secondary battery and electronic apparatus including charger A charger for a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including lithium-containing silicon represented by the composition formula LixSi, and an electrolyte. This charger includes: (1) a voltage detector that detects voltag... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7183018 | Electrode material for anode of rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body using said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery using said electrode structural body, process for producing said electrode structural body, and process for producing said rechargeable lithium battery An electrode material for an anode of a rechargeable lithium battery, containing a particulate comprising an amorphous Sn.A.X alloy with a substantially non-stoichiometric ratio composition. For said formula Sn.A.X, A indicates at least one kind of an element select... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7141187 | Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body comprising said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery having said electrode structural body, process for the production of said electrode structural body, and process for the production of said rechargeable lithium battery An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R) in a range ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129675 | System and method for battery charging A method for charging a lead acid storage battery to advantageously extend its life is described. The termination of a charging process is based upon an evaluation of the first derivative (dv/dt) and second derivative (d2v/dt2) of the applied charging voltage. By ut... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7106566 | Power adapter interface circuitry for protecting a battery operated system An integrated circuit (IC) has logic and timing circuits that are coupled to discrete circuitry to provide protection and indications whenever an AC adapter that is faulty or has improper voltage levels or polarity are plugged into a system. In particular, the IC de... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081737 | Battery cell monitoring and balancing circuit A monitoring circuit for accurately monitoring a voltage level from each of a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) and a processor. The ADC is configured to accept an analog voltage signal from each of the plural... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071698 | Power supply apparatus for detecting battery voltage and the portions of faults A power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a battery and a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of the battery. The voltage detection circuit includes a differential amplifier which has a first input terminal for receiving a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7058525 | Battery test module A storage battery includes a battery housing and a plurality of electrochemical cells in the battery housing electrically connected in series to a positive terminal of the battery and a negative terminal of the battery. A first connection is coupled to the positive ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7030592 | Battery charger amusement device A battery charger amusement has a receptacle adapted to receive a rechargeable battery and an electronic circuit communicating information stored within the device that is independent of charge status. The battery charger can include a motion actuator so as to move ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012404 | Battery cover assembly having integrated battery condition monitoring A terminal assembly for measuring electrical current passing to and from a battery post, including an electrically conductive collar for connecting to a post of a battery, and an electrically conductive terminal for receiving a connector of a load. An electrically c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6995963 | Methods and apparatus for charging a battery in a peripheral device A power manager for managing power delivered to a battery operated peripheral device is disclosed. The power manager includes an input current limiter arranged to suppress a power surge associated with an insertion event by a power cable arranged to provide an exter... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977487 | Vehicular alternator failure determination apparatus using commutating device voltage A vehicular alternator failure determination apparatus is capable of making a failure determination accurately. The apparatus includes a maximum voltage detection part (1) for detecting a maximum voltage of an alternator commutating device which commutates an... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6965216 | Method and apparatus for ameliorating electrolyte stratification during rapid charging An apparatus and method for recharging a rechargeable lead acid battery. The apparatus supplies an overcharge current to the battery during and before completion of recharging of the battery to ameliorate stratification of the battery. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6919714 | Circuit for conditioning a supply at the maximum power point A circuit for conditioning a power supply whose graph of the power supplied as a function of the voltage at the terminals of the supply features a maximum comprises a DC/DC converter with an input to which power is supplied by the power supply and an output from whi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6744698 | Battery powered electronic device and control method therefor A first control unit 110 and second control unit 120 are disposed to a portable data terminal 100 having a heavy load group 140 and light load group 150. The first control unit 110 detects the output voltage of a secondary b... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6646423 | Formation procedure for alkaline nickel-zinc cells The present invention comprises a formation procedure for alkaline nickel-zinc cells, the procedure comprising the steps of assembling an alkaline nickel-zinc cell, charging the cell at a charging current rate until a first condition is achieved, wherein ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6495992 | Method and apparatus for charging batteries utilizing heterogeneous reaction kinetics A method and apparatus utilizing a new parameter for assessing battery charge acceptance for controlling the charging process of the battery. The charge acceptance parameter comprises a terminal voltage profile which is determined during a variation in a ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6420853 | Battery charger capable of accurately determining fully charged condition regardless of batteries with different charge chracteristics To provide a battery charger capable of fully charging both an active battery and an inactive battery, which have different charging characteristics near the peak level, a voltage across the battery is periodically sampled during charging the battery. A v... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421362 | Charging and discharging circuit for pulse laser A charging and discharging circuit for a pulse laser which enables the pulse laser to increase an oscillation frequency. A charging and discharging circuit for a pulse laser, comprising a high-voltage power supply (18) for charging a capacitor (C0) with e... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6411098 | Energy device analysis and evaluation A method and apparatus for creating, measuring and analyzing polarization voltages developed across an element, such as an electronic component or an electrochemical energy cell, or network of such elements, in response to a current mode excitation provid... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6377030 | Method of charging secondary battery by varying current or voltage at an inflection point in a storage region before full charge and device therefor Provided is a charging method of a secondary battery capable of reducing the irreversible quantity in initial charge and discharge cycles after production of the battery and improving charge and discharge cycle characteristics. The secondary battery is at... | 04/23/2002 |
