Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 09/06

20060208691 - Dc power source with fuel cell and electric power storage device: A power source system (1) includes a fuel cell (40) and a battery (20) connected in parallel. A DC-DC converter (30) is connected to the battery (20) side. A maximum output ratio of the fuel cell (40) and the battery (20) is set in a range in which the output...

20060208692 - Hybrid rechargeable battery having high power and high energy density lithium cells: A hybrid rechargeable lithium battery, which includes a plurality of high power rechargeable cells, having nano-particles therein, and high energy density rechargeable cells, with the high energy cells recharging the high power cells. The battery preferably includes a low volt parallel charger to simultaneously and individually charge both the high...

20060208693 - Battery controller: The battery controller including a plurality of memory groups 104a to 104n comprising nonvolatile memories rewritable on the basis of one unit or plural units, a switch for selecting a memory group and a reader/writer 102 for writing or reading data into or from the memory groups, wherein the switch...

20060208695 - Direct current power supply: A portable electrochemical power supply for handheld electronic devices, such as cellular telephones, is disclosed. The power supply includes a housing with an electrical connector, a circuit board, and a removable electrochemical cell disposed therein. The circuit board carries power supply circuitry which receives electrical energy from the electrochemical cell...

20060208694 - Method & apparatus to provide a programmable waveform generator battery charger: One embodiment of the present invention comprises a charger having a mechanism where the battery charger “reads” the battery personality and automatically adjusts the battery charging algorithm to suit the battery type....

20060208696 - Method and apparatus for testing and charging a power source: A method of charging batteries, having the steps of entering information corresponding to a battery to be charged into a battery charger; performing a first heavy load test before performing a micro-load test on the battery; and determining a condition of the battery to determine whether the battery can be...

20060208697 - Gangable charger: This invention is a battery charger capable of coupling to similar chargers so as to form an effective multi-unit charger that can be configured to a user's needs. The charger includes at least one pocket for accommodating a rechargeable battery pack. The charger is capable of linking to other chargers...

20060208698 - High voltage battery assembly for a motor vehicle: A battery assembly for a vehicle. The battery assembly includes a plurality of voltage modules and a connection device having conductive and nonconductive portions. The conductive portion contacts the terminals of at least two voltage modules when disposed in a first position. The nonconductive portion may contact at least one...

20060208699 - Battery charger: A battery charger including a charging power supply circuit connected to an input power supply and adapted to charge a battery to be charged, a charging control circuit adapted to control charging of the battery, and a constant voltage power supply adapted to drive the charging control circuit, wherein the...

20060208701 - Methods of charging lithium sulfur cells: Disclosed is a method of charging a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell wherein the lithium-sulfur cell comprises a cathode comprising an electroactive sulfur-containing material, an anode comprising lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. Also disclosed are methods for determining charge termination when charging lithium-sulfur cells....

20060208700 - Rechargeable battery and its fabrication: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrodes and a separator interposed therebetween and a case housing the electrode assembly and having an insulating layer arranged on its surface to insulate the case and prevent short-circuits and electrical leakage....

20060208703 - Method & apparatus to provide adaptive variable frequency charging pulses to nickel and sla battery types: According to one embodiment of the present invention a PLL tracks the charge current frequency and “locks” the voltage frequency to that current frequency...

20060208702 - Method & apparatus to provide charging waveform to lithium ion batteries: The present invention achieves technical advantages by providing a charging waveform which helps minimize the aforementioned affects. The waveform may consist of a modified Sine Wave charging cycle, followed by a rest period, followed by a Burp Period, followed by a rest period. This waveform is primarily intended to reduce...

20060208704 - Charging rate estimating method, charging rate estimating unit and battery system: The method for calculating charged rate of a secondary battery is intended to calculate charged rate of a secondary battery which supplies electric power to loads, and comprises the step to measure voltage of the secondary battery more than once in a predetermined period of time after termination of charge...

20060208705 - Method & apparatus to ensure that saturation of the battery does not occur during resonant finding phase as well as implementation methods to quickly find resonance: One embodiment of the present invention provides that saturation will not be not reached by initially probing the battery and taking data on the current as the probe frequency is swept. At or near resonance the current will begin to increase. At this point the signal generator reduces the current...

20060208706 - Device for switching battery units: A device for switching battery units applicable to an electronic device having a plurality of battery units for power supply is proposed. The device determines a charging/discharging sequence for the battery units before performing a charge or discharge operation. That is, the device performs not only charge or discharge operation...

20060208708 - Accumulating system and method for processing abnormality of accumulating system: When minor short-circuiting abnormality of a battery is determined at timing t4, a battery ECU turns on a fail-safe flag to perform a fail-safe process. In the fail-safe process, the battery ECU changes a discharging power limiting value from a first discharging power limiting value to a second discharging power...

20060208707 - Method for use of charge-transfer apparatus: A method for controlling a switching power converter which includes a central capacitor exchanges charge between the capacitor and plural nodes of a first terminal, and then transfers the charge between the capacitor and plural nodes of a second terminal. The charge interchanged between the capacitor and the nodes establishes...

20060202658 - Emergency power source for mobile phones and digital cameras: The emergency power source such as a battery for mobile phones and digital cameras with a rechargeable current storage unit working on electrochemical base, such as an accumulator, and with a loading jack for the connection of a charging set consists of a closed casing (41) having approximately the size...

20060202659 - Electronic instrument: Disclosed is an electronic instrument having a housing, a battery accommodating section provided in the housing, and a spring for battery ejection which is pressed by a battery inserted into the battery accommodating section and thus stored in power. In the instrument, the spring for battery ejection includes a spring...

20060202660 - Wireless mouse charger: A wireless mouse charger has a housing, a circuit unit, a signal connection interface, and an expansion transmission interface. The signal connection interface electrically connects to the circuit unit for connecting to a mainframe. The expansion transmission interface electrically connects to the circuit unit for connecting to a peripheral device....

20060202661 - Rechargeable battery module: A rechargeable battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries disposed apart at predetermined intervals and barriers interposed therebetween. The barriers include a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of plates with at least one junction portion. The junction portion on one plate is fixed to another plate opposing the...

20060202662 - Charging apparatus: There is provided a charging apparatus, which uses a charging control timer having a relatively simple constitution, capable of preventing an overcharge of a secondary battery while detecting the overcharge of the secondary battery even if a charge current value is relatively small. The charging apparatus that discontinues the charging...

20060202663 - Method of setting initial value of soc of battery using ocv hysteresis depending on temperatures: Disclosed is a method of setting an initial value of a SOC of a battery more accurately in consideration of an open circuit voltage (OCV) variation depending on temperatures and aging. The method comprises steps of experimentally measuring open circuit voltage (OCV) values under various temperatures; structuring a table correlating...

20060202664 - Power supply for underground and pad mounted power distribution systems: A power supply generated through a set of current transformers is disclosed. The current transformers may be removably attached to a primary power line such as a high voltage power line. The power supply may be used to power a device or charge a battery for a device that requires...

20060202665 - Inductive powering surface for powering portable devices: An inductive powering device provides power to a portable device via inductive coupling between primary coils in the surface of the powering device and a secondary coil in the portable device. The portable device includes a passive locator device, such as an RFID device, to allow the primary coils of...

20060202666 - Device and method for ascertaining the temperature in an electrical battery: A method for ascertaining the temperature in an electrical battery includes determining at least one temperature value at a temperature measuring point outside the battery in the vicinity of the battery; determining at least one electrical power value in dependence on a characteristic power variable associated with the operation of...

20060197492 - Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery: An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor for communicating with communications circuitry of the battery. Identification circuitry associated with the processor enables a determination of the type of...

20060197493 - Non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus: The present invention relates to a non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus using a magnetic field. In the non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus of the present invention, a main control unit (120) receives input data from a voltage comparison unit (140), a current comparison unit (150), a voltage detection...

20060197494 - Shipping container for an implantable medical device: Shipping container for an implantable medical device having a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. The container is configured to hold the implantable medical device in the container with the secondary coil positioned within a distance of a first face allowing charging of the implantable medical device without disturbing...

20060197495 - Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug: A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and detached from the housing...

20060197496 - Combination of lithium ion batteries: A combination of lithium ion batteries comprises first and second lithium ion secondary batteries connected in parallel, the first lithium ion secondary battery including an anode active material layer with a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 μm and a cathode active material layer with a thickness in...

20060197499 - Battery pack current monitoring: A battery pack may include at least one battery cell, a switch having an ON resistance dependent on a temperature of the switch, a thermistor having a resistance varying with changes in the temperature, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to monitor a...

20060197498 - Battery state monitoring circuitry with low power consumption during a stand-by-state of a battery pack: A battery pack including at least one battery cell, a switch, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to control an ON resistance of the switch to a first ON resistance when the switch is ON and the battery pack is in a stand-by-state...

20060197497 - Electric accessory: An automatic electric charger connectable with a number of electric appliance for providing electric power to the appliances is disclosed as including an RF transceiver for receiving data representing charging and/or powering parameters of the appliances; an I/O unit electrically connected with an electric power source for receiving electric power...

20060197500 - Secondary lithium battery module: Disclosed is a secondary lithium battery module. The secondary lithium battery module comprising a plurality of secondary lithium unit-batteries including anode and cathode terminals having a hole, which terminals are protruded in one direction in parallel to each other and alternately aligned; a receiving module having a plurality of non-metallic...

20060197501 - Single floating battery cell voltage level translator circuitry: Voltage translator circuitry may include a path including a first resistor, a current controlling device, and a second resistor coupled in series. The voltage translator circuitry may further include an operational amplifier having a positive supply terminal to accept a positive supply voltage and a negative supply terminal to accept...

20060197502 - Method and system for rejuvenation of an energy storage unit: A method for rejuvenation of an energy storage unit may include predicting at least one permissible time period to perform a rejuvenation process on the energy storage unit. The method may also include performing the rejuvenation process in response to one of detecting the at least one permissible time period,...

20060197503 - Battery state monitoring device and its method, and dischargeable capacity detecting method: A microcomputer 23 monitors a dischargeable capacity corresponding to a value by subtracting a capacity not to be discharged caused by an internal resistance of a battery from a charge capacity of the battery 13 based on outputs of a current sensor 15 and a voltage sensor 17....

20060197504 - Capacity degredation in a lead acid battery method and apparatus: In accordance with the invention, there is a battery defect detection method comprising applying a current ramp to a battery; determining a first time (t1) when a current of the battery reaches a maximum current (Ipeak), and determining a second time (t2) when a terminal voltage of the battery reaches...

20060197505 - Apparatus and method for bucking voltage of battery pack: Disclosed are apparatus and method for discharging a voltage in a battery pack. The apparatus comprises a discharge resistance connected to a discharge target battery of plural batteries in the battery pack and discharging a voltage of the discharge target battery; a switching section for connecting the discharge target battery...

20060197506 - Apparatus and method for protecting secondary battery: The present invention relates to an apparatus for protecting a secondary battery by preventing overcharge of the secondary battery. The apparatus for protecting a secondary battery includes: a secondary battery; a power supply, connected with both electrode terminals of the secondary battery, for providing a charging voltage and a charging...

20060197507 - Solar electric power supply device that can supply an electric power successively: A solar electric power supply device includes a solar collector unit, an ultracapacitor assembly connected to the solar collector unit and including ultracapacitors that can be charged and discharged interchangeably, and an IC (integrated circuit) control system connected to the ultracapacitor assembly to control operation of the ultracapacitors of the...

20060197492 - Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery: An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor for communicating with communications circuitry of the battery. Identification circuitry associated with the processor enables a determination of the type of...

20060197493 - Non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus: The present invention relates to a non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus using a magnetic field. In the non-contact type battery pack charging apparatus of the present invention, a main control unit (120) receives input data from a voltage comparison unit (140), a current comparison unit (150), a voltage detection...

20060197494 - Shipping container for an implantable medical device: Shipping container for an implantable medical device having a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. The container is configured to hold the implantable medical device in the container with the secondary coil positioned within a distance of a first face allowing charging of the implantable medical device without disturbing...

20060197495 - Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug: A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and detached from the housing...

20060197496 - Combination of lithium ion batteries: A combination of lithium ion batteries comprises first and second lithium ion secondary batteries connected in parallel, the first lithium ion secondary battery including an anode active material layer with a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 μm and a cathode active material layer with a thickness in...

20060197499 - Battery pack current monitoring: A battery pack may include at least one battery cell, a switch having an ON resistance dependent on a temperature of the switch, a thermistor having a resistance varying with changes in the temperature, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to monitor a...

20060197498 - Battery state monitoring circuitry with low power consumption during a stand-by-state of a battery pack: A battery pack including at least one battery cell, a switch, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to control an ON resistance of the switch to a first ON resistance when the switch is ON and the battery pack is in a stand-by-state...

20060197497 - Electric accessory: An automatic electric charger connectable with a number of electric appliance for providing electric power to the appliances is disclosed as including an RF transceiver for receiving data representing charging and/or powering parameters of the appliances; an I/O unit electrically connected with an electric power source for receiving electric power...

20060197500 - Secondary lithium battery module: Disclosed is a secondary lithium battery module. The secondary lithium battery module comprising a plurality of secondary lithium unit-batteries including anode and cathode terminals having a hole, which terminals are protruded in one direction in parallel to each other and alternately aligned; a receiving module having a plurality of non-metallic...

20060197501 - Single floating battery cell voltage level translator circuitry: Voltage translator circuitry may include a path including a first resistor, a current controlling device, and a second resistor coupled in series. The voltage translator circuitry may further include an operational amplifier having a positive supply terminal to accept a positive supply voltage and a negative supply terminal to accept...

20060197502 - Method and system for rejuvenation of an energy storage unit: A method for rejuvenation of an energy storage unit may include predicting at least one permissible time period to perform a rejuvenation process on the energy storage unit. The method may also include performing the rejuvenation process in response to one of detecting the at least one permissible time period,...

20060197503 - Battery state monitoring device and its method, and dischargeable capacity detecting method: A microcomputer 23 monitors a dischargeable capacity corresponding to a value by subtracting a capacity not to be discharged caused by an internal resistance of a battery from a charge capacity of the battery 13 based on outputs of a current sensor 15 and a voltage sensor 17....

20060197504 - Capacity degredation in a lead acid battery method and apparatus: In accordance with the invention, there is a battery defect detection method comprising applying a current ramp to a battery; determining a first time (t1) when a current of the battery reaches a maximum current (Ipeak), and determining a second time (t2) when a terminal voltage of the battery reaches...

20060197505 - Apparatus and method for bucking voltage of battery pack: Disclosed are apparatus and method for discharging a voltage in a battery pack. The apparatus comprises a discharge resistance connected to a discharge target battery of plural batteries in the battery pack and discharging a voltage of the discharge target battery; a switching section for connecting the discharge target battery...

20060197506 - Apparatus and method for protecting secondary battery: The present invention relates to an apparatus for protecting a secondary battery by preventing overcharge of the secondary battery. The apparatus for protecting a secondary battery includes: a secondary battery; a power supply, connected with both electrode terminals of the secondary battery, for providing a charging voltage and a charging...

20060197507 - Solar electric power supply device that can supply an electric power successively: A solar electric power supply device includes a solar collector unit, an ultracapacitor assembly connected to the solar collector unit and including ultracapacitors that can be charged and discharged interchangeably, and an IC (integrated circuit) control system connected to the ultracapacitor assembly to control operation of the ultracapacitors of the...