Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 11/05

20050258797 - Portable emergency vehicle battery charger: A portable emergency vehicle battery charger has a portable case, a battery and a circuit board. The battery and circuit board are mounted in the portable case. The case mainly has a power out socket connected to the battery through the circuit board, a power input socket connected to the...

20050258800 - Battery charger: To reduce power consumption when charging a secondary battery is not performed, a first power supply circuit is disabled but a second power supply circuit is enabled when the secondary battery is unloaded from a battery charger. Both the first and second power supply circuits are enabled when the battery...

20050258798 - Battery charging device and method for the charging of batteries with several battery blocks: Battery charging device and method for charging batteries by means of a power supply module, whereby a battery (30) comprises a plurality of battery blocks (31, 32, 33, . . . , 3n) connected in series. The individual battery blocks (31, 32, 33, . . . , 3n) of the...

20050258799 - Universal mobile power pack: An auxiliary power supply for electronic devices such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants. The power supply is adapted to be able to supply many types of devices utilizing multiple connector modules. The power supply comprises and intermediate portion adapted to receive different connector modules. The intermediate portion may...

20050258801 - Method and system for battery protection: A system and method for battery protection. In some aspects, a method of conducting an operation including a battery pack, includes the acts of monitoring a first battery pack condition at a first monitoring rate, determining when a second battery pack condition reaches a threshold, after the second battery pack...

20050258802 - Battery fluid dispenser integrated into battery charging connector: A watering connection is integrated with a battery charging connector to form an integrated charging and watering connector. The integrated charging and watering connector selectively couples fluid from a fluid supply and a charging voltage from a battery charger to one or more batteries of a battery pack. At an...

20050258804 - Battery pack: There is disclosed a battery pack, which has a plate-shaped resin-formed body to divide an internal space of the battery pack into at least two spaces in a thickness direction thereof, so that a battery is received in a first internal space, while a wiring substrate having a control circuit...

20050258803 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a housing part in which a battery is housed and a body-side connector for connecting the battery housed in the housing part to an apparatus body. When a battery-side connector connected to the battery through a connecting cable is connected to the body-side connector, the battery...

20050258805 - Devices and methods for protection of rechargeable elements: A protection circuit for use with a charger and a chargeable element, such as a rechargeable lithium ion battery, comprises a shunt regulator having a threshold ON voltage coupled in parallel across the chargeable element, and a temperature-dependent resistor, e.g., a positive temperature coefficient device, coupled in series between the...

20050258806 - System and method for automatically synchronizing and acquiring content for battery powered devices: Various synchronization and content acquisition tasks able to be performed by a portable device are governed by reference to a budget. In operation, the budget may be adjusted as a function of a state of a battery associated with the portable device, as a function of one more file sizes...

20050253552 - Power supply apparatus for digital information device: A power supply apparatus for digital information device includes a solar cell. The solar cell has an output connected to a charging module in the digital information device. The solar cell can charge at least one rechargeable battery of the digital information device to extend the workable time of the...

20050253553 - Battery pack housing and packaging: A battery pack with a first battery and a second battery, wherein each battery is a plurality of cells connected in series, and operable in a storage mode and a use mode, a storage mode defined by isolating the first battery from the second battery, and a use mode defined...

20050253554 - Apparatus for backing up data stored in a portable device: The present invention is related to a data backup device performing backup of data stored in a portable device while charging a battery in the portable device. The present invention incorporates a data backup mechanism into a charger and a portable device. When the portable device is connected to the...

20050253555 - Power recharger for use with robot cleaner: A power recharger for use with a robot cleaner has a recharging terminal to which a battery terminal of the robot cleaner is docked and an anchor member on a rear side of the body of the recharging unit. The anchor member fills in the space defined between the wall...

20050253556 - Battery charging control: The invention relates to a battery charging control circuit for controlling a charging of a rechargeable battery by means of a charging component. The battery charging control circuit comprises a switching element, a control component and an energy storage component. The switching element is adapted to connect a battery to...

20050253557 - Electric charging system: The present invention discloses an electric charging system which comprises an electric charging power supply device and a voltage power supply device; wherein the voltage power supply device has a differential programmable IC, and the electric charging power supply device has more than one rechargeable battery with capacitors and Zener...

20050253558 - Battery charger: A battery charger comprises a power input to be connected to a power supply, a charge node to be connected with a battery, a N-channel or P-channel JFET coupled between the power input and the charge node, and a controller to monitor the voltage of the battery to control the...

20050253559 - Overvoltage and backflow current protection for a battery charger: An overvoltage and backflow current protection circuit is employed when charging a battery. A switching circuit controls bias to the protection circuit to switch between overvoltage protection and backflow current protection....

20050253560 - Power management system: A method according to one embodiment may include selecting at least one power supply, among a plurality of different power supplies, and coupling at least one available power supply to a load. The method may also include selecting at least one charging mode, among a plurality of different charging modes,...

20050253561 - Temperature sensitive charging of batteries with simple chargers: Methods and devices are provided for charging a battery in a temperature controlled charging process using a simple voltage-controlled charger. A control circuit includes elements for increasing the apparent voltage drop in a charging circuit, including a rechargeable battery, to produce a signal to a connected voltage-controlled charger to effect...

20050253562 - Power supply system method of use: A method is provided for charging an energy storage capacitor bank of a power system. A power supply system is provided that includes a power supply and an energy storage capacitor bank. Voltage of the energy storage capacitor bank is monitored. An amount of current leaking out of the power...

20050253563 - Power supply system method of use: A power supply system is provided that includes a power supply and at least one energy storage capacitor bank. A voltage monitor is coupled to the power supply and the energy storage capacitor bank. A feedback control is coupled to the power supply. The feedback control is configured to provide...

20050248309 - Cordless power tool with tool identification circuitry: A cordless power tool may include tool identification circuitry to provide a tool identification signal to a battery pack. The tool identification signal may be representative of data particular to the cordless power tool. A method may include coupling a battery pack to a cordless power tool, and providing a...

20050248310 - Multi-type battery charger control: An apparatus for selectively charging a variety of batteries. A battery charging system includes a charging circuit, a processor, and a key, or identification device. The key has a value or code associated with the type of battery to be charged. The processor executes a software program that reads the...

20050248311 - Electronic device, battery pack, power-supply controlling method for electronic device, program for controlling power supply for electronic device: An electronic device includes a battery-pack installing portion that holds a battery pack in a detachable manner; sensing means for sensing that a battery pack is installed in the battery-pack installing portion; detecting means for detecting data related with a state of the installed battery pack sensed by the sensing...

20050248312 - Portable power supply with computer port: A portable power supply comprises a first compartment, a second compartment disposed on the first compartment, an electronic device removably disposed in the first compartment, a power supply assembly disposed in the second compartment, a power indicator disposed on the second compartment for displaying remaining power of the power supply...

20050248313 - Event-driven battery charging and reconditioning: Event-driven battery charging charges or reconditions and charges a rechargeable battery in response to a detected upcoming event. An upcoming event is a member of a list of events stored in computer-readable memory. Each member has respective occurrence information. The upcoming event is detected when a current date or date...

20050248314 - Intelligent battery charging system: An invention is provided for detecting polarization in a battery during battery charging. The invention includes applying a waveform to a battery, and obtaining a plurality of battery response voltage readings corresponding to points along the applied waveform. A battery response voltage curve is calculated based on the voltage differences...

20050248316 - Battery overcharging compensation system and method: A method for compensating for overcharging of at least one battery includes calculating a charge rate for the at least one battery, comparing an overcharge accumulator value for the at least one battery with a maximum time limit value, comparing the calculated charge rate with a nominal charge rate for...

20050248317 - Method for operating power source of mobile communication terminal: In a method for operating a power source of a mobile communication terminal, when a user selects a module, the mobile communication terminal allows the user to be informed in advance whether the corresponding function can be executed or not by comparing the total consumption current for operating the corresponding...

20050248315 - Optimal battery charging for damage mitigation: A system and method for charging and thus extending the life of an electrical storage device is disclosed. The system provides for developing an essentialized cell model structure of the electrical storage device; determining model parameters for charge-discharge data of the structure; and determining charge-discharge behavior of the structure in...

20050248318 - Cordless power tool with a protected weak link element: A method consistent with an embodiment may include selecting one of a plurality of components of a power supply system of a cordless power tool to be a protected weak link element. The method may also include configuring the protected weak link element to fail from an overload condition before...

20050248319 - Battery failure discharge apparatus: A battery failure discharge apparatus includes a battery discharge device operable to drain power from a battery. A monitoring and control device is coupled to the battery discharge device and operable to detect that a battery is in an over-voltage condition. In response to detecting a battery in an over-voltage...

20050248320 - Switch reduction in a cordless power tool: A battery pack may include at least one battery cell, a discharge switch coupled to the at least one battery cell, and monitoring and control circuitry responsive to a position of a trigger of an associated cordless power tool to provide a control signal to the discharge switch. The discharge...

20050242769 - Electrical device including battery pack and method of making the same: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a chassis configured to house electronics. The chassis of an electronic device may include a first rail and a second rail substantially parallel to the first rail. The first rail and the second rail may be coupled...

20050242768 - Method and apparatus for sharing battery charging resources: Devices sharing battery charging resources coordinate use of a high-current charging mode through use of a message protocol between the devices. While a high-priority device is using the high-current charging mode, the other devices may continue charging in a reduced-current charging mode....

20050242770 - Timed accessory adapter: An electric adapter for providing output power to an accessory includes an adapter housing having a projection configured for insertion into a DC power accessory port, the projection carrying an electrical input conductor, a power outlet cord extending from the housing, a manually operable power switch mounted on the housing,...

20050242771 - Method and apparatus for recharging eyeglasses: An eyeglass recharger is disclosed, whereby a pair of eyeglass frames may be placed into an eyeglass case, thereby making an electric connection and charging a battery attached to the pair of eyeglass frames....

20050242772 - Electronic device: An electronic device operable from one of a battery and a converter and having a plurality of electronic components. A battery supplies electric power having a predetermined voltage level range. An adapter supplies electric power having a voltage level included within the voltage level range of the electric power output...

20050242775 - Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries: Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order control device are connected by isolating units, photocouplers....

20050242773 - Battery pack including multiple battery cell technologies: A battery pack includes a housing. A first battery is located in the housing, the first battery using a first cell technology. A second battery is located in the housing, the second battery using a second cell technology that is different from the first cell technology. The battery pack can...

20050242774 - Battery rack and system: A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members, shelves...

20050242776 - Multi-series battery control system: A multi-series battery control system comprises a unit battery cell of which unit consists of multiple battery cells, control IC comprising a control IC chip containing a control circuit for controlling the unit battery cell and a cell monitor IC chip for monitoring the voltage of the unit battery cell,...

20050242777 - Charger for rechargeable batteries: A battery charger (1) for charging rechargeable batteries (5) and/or battery packs is disclosed. Preferably the charger (1) can apply two modes of charging a battery. In a normal charging mode a battery is charged to full capacity at a relatively low rate. In a boost charging mode the battery...

20050242779 - Battery protection circuit: A protection of battery system having battery cells Cell1˜Cell3, FET switches SW1, SW2 that are connected to the high-side path and control on/off state of the path, as well as fuse F1 for cutting said path, primary protection circuits 31˜34 that detect abnormalities in charging/discharging of the battery cells and...

20050242780 - Battery protection device, battery protection system using the same, and battery protection method: A battery protection device protects a battery from an abnormal state. The battery protection device includes a detector that detects an abnormality of the battery and outputs an abnormality detection signal when the abnormality is detected. A current is input to an input terminal from outside. A voltage converter converts...

20050242778 - Controlling circuit for long-time battery retention: A controlling circuit for long-time battery retention has a switch between a rechargeable battery and a protection circuit, a latch connected to the control end of the switch for controlling the connection and disconnection between the two switch ends of the switch, a controller connected to the latch for generating...

20050242781 - Power fluctuation suppressing method and power generation facility using same: The present invention provides a method for suppressing power fluctuation of a high-efficiency combined power generation system that uses a byproduct gas generated in a plant, the method including the steps of adding a high-calorific-value substance having a calorific value higher than that of the byproduct gas so as to...

20050242782 - Battery receiving device, power source device using the same, and electric motor vehicle using the devices: The present invention provides battery storing device (100) that can easily suppress temperature increase in a battery and a battery storing section in high-temperature using environment, without damaging excellent heat retaining function of the battery that is required for low-temperature using environment. Battery storing device (100) has battery storing box...