patentstorm.us 258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif PatentStorm -> Applications -> Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-320.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 320 Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:02:19 patents@patentstorm.us en <![CDATA[EARPHONE SET]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120033824/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120033824
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  SIM, Wong Hoo; TOO, Yew Teng
    • An earphone set with a first earphone and a second earphone, the earphone set comprising: a connector for connecting the first earphone and the second earphone; a memory module for storing audio data; and a power management module for preventing short circuit or inductive surge in current arising from connection or disconnection of the first earphone or the second earphone from the connector, the first earphone comprising: a first sound driver for sound production; and a power supply module for ...
    ]]>     20120033824     <![CDATA[CHARGING MERCHANDISE ITEMS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032802/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032802
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Rapp, Michael; Brenner, Rainer; Irmscher, Julia
    • Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with charging merchandise items are presented. A method of charging merchandise items includes displaying merchandise items at a consumer display so that the merchandise items can be handled by a consumer. A first powers supply charges a portion of the display that does not include the merchandise items and a second power supply charges the merchandise items. The merchandise items are charged at the display on a multiplexed basis. An alarm is ...
    ]]>     20120032802     <![CDATA[Power Supply for a Load Control Device]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032649/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032649
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Carmen, Daniel F.
    • A power supply for a load control device generates a DC voltage and provides an asymmetrical output current, while drawing a substantially symmetrical input current. The power supply comprises a controllably conductive switching circuit for controllably charging an energy storage capacitor across which the DC voltage is produced. The energy storage capacitor begins charging at the beginning of a half-cycle and stops charging after a charging time in response to the magnitude of the DC voltage ...
    ]]>     20120032649     <![CDATA[Method and Circuitry to Adaptively Charge a Battery/Cell]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032648/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032648
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Maluf, Nadim; Berkowitz, Fred; Ghantous, Dania
    • The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to adapt the charging of a battery/cell using data which is representative of an overpotential of the battery/cell. In yet another aspect the present inventions are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to calculate data which is representative of an overpotential of the ...
    ]]>     20120032648     <![CDATA[METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPLETION OF CHARGE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR DETERMINING TERMINATION OF DISCHARGE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, CHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT, DISCHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND POWER SUPPLY]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032647/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032647
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Sato, Toshitada; Watanabe, Kozo; Kinoshita, Masahiro
    • A method for determining completion of charge of a long-duration lithium ion secondary battery is provided.

    A method for determining completion of charge a lithium ion secondary battery including one lithium compound having an olivine crystal structure as a positive electrode active material, and a graphite material as a negative electrode active material, includes: (S1) charging the battery by an amount of electricity Xc in time Ti1; (S2) ...
    ]]> 20120032647 <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032646/description.html

  • Application Number:  20120032646
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Lee, Myung-Jun
    • A battery pack, and a method of controlling the battery pack are disclosed. The battery pack detects consumption current when a load is not turned on, and shuts off power when a load is turned off or in stand-by mode, thereby preventing consumption current of the load from ...
    ]]>     20120032646     <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK FOR PRACTICAL LOW-POWER MODE CURRENT DETECTION AND METHOD OF DETECTING EXCESSIVE CURRENT]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032645/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032645
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Toyoda, Kazuhiro; MATSUURA, Shinichi
    • In a battery pack 10 control section 5 low-power mode, a comparator 81 is used to detect the voltage across a 2.5 mΩ current detection resistor 2 connected in the battery 1 charging and discharging path. When the detected voltage exceeds a voltage (2.4 mV) that is lower than the voltage (50 mV) for detecting a 20 A first over-current in the non-low-power mode, that occurrence is recorded in a register 82. When the register 82 holds occurrence of ...
    ]]>     20120032645     <![CDATA[BATTERY SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND BATTERY-MOUNTING DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032644/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032644
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Hagiwara, Hideki; Matsuta, Takahisa
    • Disclosed is a battery system that, in a laminated part of a power generating element in a lithium ion rechargeable battery, can properly detect a temperature and the distribution of a temperature change occurring in a positive-negative extending direction and can utilize the detected data in the control of the battery. Also disclosed are a vehicle and a battery-mounting device comprising the battery system. A battery system comprises a lithium ion rechargeable battery. The lithium ion ...
    ]]>     20120032644     <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK, CHARGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE BATTERY PACK, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CHARGING SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032643/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032643
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Susumu, Segawa; Hwang, Eui-Jeong; Sim, Se-Sub; Yun, Han-Seok; Kim, Jin-Wan; Yang, Jong-Woon; Kim, Beom-Gyu
    • A battery pack, a charging system including the battery pack, and a method of controlling the charging system are disclosed. The battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable battery cells and a protection circuit for protecting the battery cells. The protection circuit includes an analog front end (AFE) integrated circuit (IC) and a microcomputer. The AFE IC is for supplying an operating voltage of a microcomputer to the microcomputer and to a charging device. Thus, when the battery pack ...
    ]]>     20120032643     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS WITH RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES USING VOLTAGE INVERSION BASED ON PREDETERMINED CONDITIONS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032642/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032642
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin; Li, Xianyin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit (1), a switching control module (100), a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy superposition unit, the energy storage circuit is configured to connect with the battery to form a loop, and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit (1), the ...
    ]]>     20120032642     <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032641/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032641
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Susumu, Segawa; Hwang, Eui-Jeong; Sim, Se-Sub; Yun, Han-Seok; Kim, Jin-Wan; Yang, Jong-Woon; Kim, Beom-Gyu
    • A battery pack and a method of controlling the same is disclosed. The battery pack determines a cell deviation after the battery pack is fully charged or over-discharged, and thus the battery pack can reduce the cell deviation by performing cell ...
    ]]>     20120032641     <![CDATA[HOLSTER-INTEGRATED PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCE FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032640/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032640
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  GUTHRIE, Martin George Albert; MARCHAND, Rene Pierre; RICH, David Gerard; WINGER, Lyall Kenneth; DIKUN, Raymond Michael
    • A holster for a handheld electronic device. The holster has integrated therein one or more piezoelectric elements that provide an output voltage to the handheld electronic device upon insertion of device in the holster. The output voltage can be used to charge the battery of the device, to power, at least in part, the device, or both. The output voltage is generated by harvesting vibration energy at the piezoelectric elements upon the holster being subjected to acceleration caused by a user ...
    ]]>     20120032640     <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK, CHARGER, AND CHARGING SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032639/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032639
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Hwang, Eui-Jeong; Segawa, Susumu; Sim, Se-Sub; Yun, Han-Seok; Kim, Jin-Wan; Yang, Jong-Woon; Kim, Beom-Gyu
    • A battery pack, a charger, and a charging system. The battery pack includes a rechargeable battery, and a protection circuit to control charging and discharging of the battery, wherein the protection circuit includes a micom to output an operating state signal representing an operating state of the micom and a malfunction transferring unit to transfer information on whether the battery is malfunctioning based on the operating state signal. Accordingly, when an error is detected by the ...
    ]]>     20120032639     <![CDATA[BATTERY PACK AND ACTIVE CELL BALANCING BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032638/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032638
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Jung, Eun-Ey
    • The present invention discloses a battery pack which can be used for an electric vehicle, an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), and a power supply for a smart grid and which can be easily manufactured and repaired and which is capable of improving productivity, the span of life, and performance, and a battery management system including the battery pack.
      • ]]> 20120032638 <![CDATA[BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032637/description.html
      • Application Number:  20120032637
      • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
      • Inventors:  Segawa, Satoshi; Kotooka, Seijiro; Nakamura, Hideo
      A battery charging control device for controlling a power generation device installed in an electric vehicle sets a battery energy management area using a current position of a host vehicle as a reference, detects at least one travelable route within the battery energy management area, calculates a battery energy management upper limit value and a battery energy management lower limit value on the basis of a maximum value and a minimum value of energy values required to travel to respective ...
      ]]> 20120032637 <![CDATA[Power Share System for Electric Vehicle Service Equipment]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032636/description.html
    • Application Number:  20120032636
    • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
    • Inventor:  Bianco, James S.
    A power sharing system employs an easily installed power share module for controlling the operation of an EVSE for charging an electric vehicle. The power module senses the power load of an appliance or of a service line to a remote residential unit and transmits a command signal to the EVSE. The power control module is configurable to transmit an on/off signal to the EVSE or a control level signal to the EVSE for controlling the charging by the EVSE in accordance with the available power due ...
    ]]>     20120032636     <![CDATA[Overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent and spaced-part rows of side-by-side parking spaces]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032635/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032635
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Prosser, Ronald; Burchett, Stephen M.
    • An overhead mobile charger system for mounting between a pair of adjacent and spaced-apart rows of side-by-side parking spaces and exhibiting full circle traversing so as to reach and charge electric vehicles parked in the pair of adjacent and spaced-apart rows of side-by-side parking spaces. The system includes a single EV battery charger, a boom, and apparatus for rotatably mounting the boom over, and between, the pair of adjacent and spaced-apart rows of side-by-side parking spaces. The ...
    ]]>     20120032635     <![CDATA[PROXIMITY DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR ON-BOARD VEHICLE CHARGER]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032634/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032634
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Cavanaugh, William
    • A proximity detection circuit suitable for use with an on-board vehicle charger, such as but not limited to the type of charges used within hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles, to facilitate current conservation during period of time when it is unnecessary or otherwise undesirable for the on-board charger to test for connection of a cordset or other connection used to connect the on-board charger to a charging station or other current ...
    ]]>     20120032634     <![CDATA[TRANSMISSION OF POWER BIDIRECTIONALLY AND WITHOUT CONTACT TO CHARGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032633/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032633
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Griepentrog, Gerd; Cordes, Ralf; Komma, Thomas; Nielebock, Sebastian
    • A converter that feeds an electric drive in an electric vehicle is used to transmit energy to the vehicle without contact using resonant operation for inductive transmission of energy. The leakage inductance of the transformer is resonantly adjusted by a serial capacitor. The load current is then switched at ...
    ]]>     20120032633     <![CDATA[Inductive transmission of power and data through ceramic armor panels]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032632/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032632
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Soar, Roger J.
    • A system for the inductive transmission of power and data through large caliber ballistic appliqué composite armor panels mountable to military vehicle includes a large caliber ballistic appliqué composite armor panel and a quick-release base mounted to the outer face of the panel and a primary coil mounted to the inner face of the panel so as to be opposite to and aligned with the base; and, a portable electrical device having a secondary coil mounted in its base end, and wherein the armor ...
    ]]>     20120032632     <![CDATA[Universal Inductive Charger]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032631/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032631
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Klein, David N.; Bourilkov, Jordan T.; Biedermann, David T.
    • An inductive charger adapter element includes a housing, a coil comprising electrically conductive material, the coil contained within the housing, the coil configured to inductively couple to an external primary coil; and a connector supported on the housing, the connector coupled to the coil and configured to couple the inductive charger adapter element to a port provided on a device, the connector including a first pair of conductors for providing power and charging current to a battery in ...
    ]]>     20120032631     <![CDATA[SELF-POWERED BATTERY JUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032630/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032630
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  SAHIN, AHMET Z.; DONDURUR, MEHMET
    • The self-powered battery jump method uses a vehicle's alternator to charge main and spare batteries during vehicle operation. If the main battery loses its power, the spare battery supplies power to the main battery and to the vehicle's engine in order to start the vehicle whenever it is needed without any external electricity. Manual, semi-automated, and automated jump modes are ...
    ]]>     20120032630     <![CDATA[MOBILE POWER SHARING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120031963/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120031963
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Adipietro, John M.; Kolevar-Brunson, Darcee M.; Cheney, Thomas L.; Demshur, Paul C.
    • An apparatus may include a vehicle cover having a plurality of photovoltaic cells, an inverter, a vehicle battery connector, a plug, and a switch assembly configured to operatively couple the inverter selectively to one of the vehicle battery connector and the plug based, at least in part, on a charge level of the battery. Another apparatus may include a receptacle configured to receive a plug having an identification tag; an identification tag reader to obtain, from the identification tag, ...
    ]]>     20120031963     <![CDATA[SELF-POWERED AND SELF-SENSING MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120031719/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120031719
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  LIAO, Wei Hsin; CHEN, Chao
    • Disclosed is a self-powered and self-sensing MR damping device, comprising: an MR damper part having a damper piston assembly and a damper cylinder, the damper piston assembly being movable relative to the damper cylinder under an external excitation; a power generator configured to generate electrical power according to the relative movement between the damper piston and the cylinder assembly; and an electrical circuit configured to estimate said relative movement to output a damper driving ...
    ]]>     20120031719     <![CDATA[CHARGING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120029728/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120029728
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  KOBAYASHI, Mitsugu; HIRAYAMA, Yuichi; MABUCHI, Mitsuhiro; HIKA, Koji; TOGANO, Hiroki; OGAWA, Takashi
    • A charging device for a vehicle includes a device-side power line communication (PLC) modem, a device-side control pilot (CPLT) signal generating circuit, a device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit and a device-side low-pass filter (LPF). The device-side PLC modem is used for PLC between the vehicle and the charging device. The device-side CPLT signal generating circuit is used for generating CPLT signals. The device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit is used for detecting the CPLT signals ...
    ]]>     20120029728     <![CDATA[ELECTRICAL CHARGER FOR RECHARGEABLE ELECTRICAL WIRELESS UNIT]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120028538/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120028538
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Wong, Kwok Leung
    • A handheld electrical charger for a toy vehicle provides a manual handle on the housing for generating kinetic energy. A dynamo within the housing and in mechanical communication with the handle generates electrical energy from the kinetic energy. A power takeoff transfers a portion of the kinetic energy or the electrical energy to a power inlet for a toy, and the toy is separable from the charger. The toy includes an electrical storage device to be charged by electrical output from the inlet. ...
    ]]>     20120028538     <![CDATA[POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR DETECTING DISCONNECTION OF VOLTAGE DETECTION LINES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025836/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025836
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  FURUKAWA, Kimihiko
    • A power supply device includes battery units 10. Each unit 10 includes a battery block 2, a voltage detector 4, a power supply circuit 5, and a disconnection detector 8. The block 2 includes serially-connected battery cells 3. The voltage detector 4 detects the cell 3 voltages through voltage detection lines 6. The power supply circuit 5 supplies power from the block 2 to the voltage detector 4. ...
    ]]>     20120025836     <![CDATA[APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025787/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025787
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Rouvala, Markku; von Rauner, Tapani
    • An apparatus comprises a rigid-flex circuit board and an electrolyte, the rigid-flex circuit board comprising first and second rigid regions physically and electrically connected to one another by a flexible region, the flexible region comprising first and second sections each comprising an electrically conductive layer and a capacitive element, wherein the apparatus is configured such that a chamber is defined between the first and second sections with the respective capacitive elements ...
    ]]>     20120025787     <![CDATA[BATTERY-CONTROLLED CHARGING OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025786/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025786
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Wozniak, John A.; Heizer, Stephen D.; Matthews, Christopher K.
    • Methods and apparatus for recharging a rechargeable battery (202) having step charge requirements, where the charge current is tapered as successive voltage thresholds of the step charge requirements are approached. The battery (202) is programmed with a charge tapering algorithm, so that the battery charger (208) need not be programmed with battery-specific information. The charge tapering algorithm is used in conjunction with the step charge requirements and a measurement ...
    ]]>     20120025786     <![CDATA[METHOD FOR MANAGING THE HEAT IN AN ELECTRIC BATTERY]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025785/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025785
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  GABEN, Fabien
    • The invention relates to a method for managing the heat in an electric battery including a plurality of elements for generating electric power, the method including, when recharging said battery from an external power source, preconditioning said battery at an average temperature T0 and, when using said battery, determining the absolute value ΔT2 of the difference between the temperature T0 and the average temperature T of said battery, wherein said method ...
    ]]>     20120025785     <![CDATA[Advanced Charge Balancing System for Lithium Batteries]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025784/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025784
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Rana, Salim
    • A method of balancing the terminal voltage across individual and multiple battery cells is described. To employ the method a lithium ion battery having at least two battery cells is provided along with an energy dispersing unit capable of taking energy from individual cells, stepping down individual voltages, and redirecting the voltage to the lowest voltage battery cell. The terminal voltage of individual cells is then monitored during discharge, and discharging cells having a greater terminal ...
    ]]>     20120025784     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS BASED ON BATTERY DISCHARGING AND CHARGING USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES AND CURRENT LIMITING COMPONENTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025783/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025783
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy limiting circuit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery, and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component ...
    ]]>     20120025783     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES AND BRIDGE CHARGE STORAGE COMPONENTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025782/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025782
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin; Li, Xianyin
    • According to certain embodiments, a battery heating circuit is provided, comprising a first switch unit (11), a second switch unit (12), a third switch unit (13), a fourth switch unit (14), a switching control module (100), a damping component R1, a current storage component L1, and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1 and current storage component L1 are configured to connect with the battery in series to ...
    ]]>     20120025782     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS BASED ON BATTERY DISCHARGING AND CHARGING USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES AND MULTIPLE CHARGE STORAGE COMPONENTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025781/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025781
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin; Li, Xianyin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a plurality of switch units (1), a switching control module (100), a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and a polarity inversion unit (101), wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery, and comprises a current storage component L1 and a plurality of charge storage components C1; the plurality of charge storage components ...
    ]]>     20120025781     <![CDATA[HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS BASED ON BATTERY DISCHARGING AND CHARGING USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES AND FREEWHEELING CIRCUIT COMPONENTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025780/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025780
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit (1), a switching control module (100), a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and a freewheeling circuit (20), wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery, and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, switch unit (1), current storage component ...
    ]]>     20120025780     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES BASED ON CURRENT LIMITING AND VOLTAGE INVERSION WITH BI-DIRECTIONALITY AND COMMON INDUCTANCE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025779/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025779
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, wherein: a battery E, a damping component R1, a current storage component L1, a switch unit DK1 and a charge storage component C1 are connected in series to form a battery discharging circuit; a current storage component L2 is connected with a one-way semiconductor component D3 in series, and then the series circuit composed of the current storage component L2 and the ...
    ]]>     20120025779     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS WITH RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES USING ENERGY TRANSFER AND VOLTAGE INVERSION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025778/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025778
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • According to certain embodiments, a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy superposition and transfer unit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component L1, ...
    ]]>     20120025778     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS WITH RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES USING ENERGY TRANSFER]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025777/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025777
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • According to some embodiments, a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy transfer unit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1 and the switch unit 1 are connected in series with the energy storage circuit; ...
    ]]>     20120025777     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS WITH RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES USING VOLTAGE INVERSION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025776/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025776
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • According to some embodiments of the present invention, a battery heating circuit comprises a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and an energy superposition unit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component ...
    ]]>     20120025776     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES BASED ON CURRENT LIMITING AND VOLTAGE INVERSION WITH BI-DIRECTIONALITY]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025775/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025775
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, an energy limiting circuit, and an energy control unit for energy storage circuit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch ...
    ]]>     20120025775     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025774/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025774
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, and an energy storage circuit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component L1 and the charge storage ...
    ]]>     20120025774     <![CDATA[METHOD OF CHARGING BATTERY AND BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025773/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025773
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Kwon, Ou Jung; Ishikawa, Yosuke; WANG, Chao-Yang
    • A controller in a charging control system controls a charger to heat a battery at a low temperature by pulse charging and discharging up to a desired temperature and then moves to a normal charging mode. The controller calculates an ion concentration of an active material at electrode portions of the battery on the basis of the temperature data and the electric current data obtained, switch the pulse charging and discharging between a charging mode and a discharging mode on the basis of a pulse ...
    ]]>     20120025773     <![CDATA[BATTERY HEATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS BASED ON BATTERY DISCHARGING AND CHARGING USING RESONANCE COMPONENTS IN SERIES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025772/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025772
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Feng, Wei; Xu, Wenhui; Han, Yaochuan; Ma, Shibin; Yang, Qinyao; Xia, Wenjin
    • According to certain embodiments, a battery heating circuit comprises a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, and an energy storage circuit, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component L1, and the charge storage component C1 ...
    ]]>     20120025772     <![CDATA[SWELLING MANAGEMENT IN BATTERIES FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025771/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025771
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Bhardwaj, Ramesh C.; Hwang, Taisup
    • The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages use of a battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system monitors a cycle number of the battery during use of the battery with the portable electronic device, wherein the cycle number corresponds to a number of charge-discharge cycles of the battery. If the cycle number exceeds a first cycle number threshold, the system modifies a charging technique for the battery to manage swelling in the ...
    ]]>     20120025771     <![CDATA[SECONDARY BATTERY PACK]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025770/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025770
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Suzuki, Shin; Ueno, Hiroaki
    • A secondary battery pack of the present invention includes a secondary battery block 3 in which a plurality of unit blocks 2 are connected in series; battery adjustment sections 5 that are each provided for each of the unit blocks 2 and have a function of monitoring the voltage of secondary batteries and a function of adjusting the balance; a charge switch 8; and a discharge switch 9. The secondary battery pack includes transmission sections 17 ...
    ]]>     20120025770     <![CDATA[Battery System for Vehicle]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025769/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025769
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Aoshima, Yoshinori; Kudo, Akihiko; Kikuchi, Mutsumi; Shibahara, Gosuke; Kubo, Kenji; Uemura, Yasuo
    • A battery system for a vehicle is provided with discharge circuits (R1, 129A through 129D, 128A through 128D) that discharge battery cells (BC1 through BC4) via measurement lines of those battery cells (BC1 through BC4). A control circuit transmits to an integrated circuit (3A) a first discharge command that causes discharge of the odd numbered battery cells (BC1 and BC3) of a cell group (GB1), a first ...
    ]]>     20120025769     <![CDATA[POWER SUPPLY DEVICE HAVING PRECHARGING CIRCUIT FOR CHARGING CAPACITOR]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025768/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025768
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Yugou, Masaki; NAKANO, Shinya
    • A power supply device includes a battery 1, and an output switch 2, and a precharging circuit 3. The battery 1 includes serially-connected cells 10. The output switch 2 is connected to the output side of the battery 1. The circuit 3 precharges a capacitor 21 connected to the vehicle side. After the capacitor 21 is precharged by the circuit 3, the output switch 2 is turned ON so that electric power can be ...
    ]]>     20120025768     <![CDATA[POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLYING METHOD FOR POWER SUPPLY DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025767/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025767
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Cha, Jae-deok
    • A power supply device includes a battery, a charging part charging the battery, a power input to receive adapter power from an adapter supplied with external power or power output from a similarly configured power supply device, a power output part to output the adapter power, the power output of a similarly configured power supply device, or the battery power of the battery, and a controller to control the input power to apply power to the charging part and the power output part when the input ...
    ]]>     20120025767     <![CDATA[Charging Apparatus and Portable Power Supply]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025766/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025766
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  READE, Andrew; ARAKELIAN, Richard
    • A portable battery box is described. The portable battery box is suitable for charging and housing a battery and comprises: a charging apparatus for charging a battery; a hollow lid shell and a hollow base shell for housing a rechargeable battery, the base hollow shell including a base wall, a top wall and at least one side wall extending between the base and top walls; and at least one handle disposed in a respective one of the side walls of the hollow base shell. Also described is a method ...
    ]]>     20120025766     <![CDATA[Charge State Indicator for an Electric Vehicle]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120025765/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120025765
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Frey, Paul DeWitt; Kohn, Scott Ira; Lyons, David Frederick; Eberhard, Martin Forest; Smith, Malcolm Sloan
    • One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a battery mounted to a vehicle, with a charge state circuit located in the electric vehicle and coupled to the battery, the charge state circuit configured to provide a charge state signal indicative of the charge state of the battery. The embodiment includes a charging coupler port located proximate to a user accessible exterior of the electrical vehicle and coupled to the battery, the charging coupler port to conduct charging energy to the ...
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