Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 10/06

20060238161 - Tool usage monitoring apparatus: A tool usage monitoring apparatus includes a housing in which is positioned a battery powered sensor and a processing unit. The processing unit is in communication with the sensor and controls power from the battery to the sensor, to switch the sensor from an active state and a dormant state....

20060238162 - Rechargeable battery with gas release safety vent: A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed therebetween, a case having a space for housing the electrode assembly therein, lead elements connected to the electrode assembly and disposed at a sealing region of the case, and a sealant arranged...

20060238163 - Mobile phone having solar cell: A mobile phone includes a main body. The main body further includes a solar power module, a display module, and an input module (i.e., a keypad). The solar power module is adapted for providing electrical power to the mobile phone. The solar power module includes a solar cell panel configured...

20060238164 - Desktop charger for a portable electronic device with a display: An exemplary variable position desktop charger comprises a base, a cradle, an electrical interface, and a charger. The base and cradle are rotatably coupled such that the display of the portable electronic device can be adjusted continuously between a first angle and a second angle....

20060238165 - Method for battery cold-temperature warm-up mechanism using cell equilization hardware: A method and apparatus for warming up cold temperature lithium chemistry batteries employs a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the cells of a multi-cell battery. The cells are coupled to a respective balancing circuit having a dissipative resistor that is selectively shunted...

20060238166 - Charge control device: A charge circuit 6 supplies a charging voltage (Vc) or a charging current to a secondary battery 2, 24 to 26 used for driving an appliance 21; a charged level setting device 5, Sc1 causes the charge circuit 6 to charge the secondary battery 2, 24 to 26 to a...

20060238167 - Method and device for estimating battery's dischargeable capacity: A unit for estimating voltage drop 23a-1 estimates voltage drop of a battery terminal when maximum current is continuously supplied at high rate discharge. A unit for estimating residual discharge capacity 23a-2 estimates residual discharge capacity of the battery for allowing the maximum current to be continuously supplied to a...

20060238168 - Method and device for monitoring deterioration of battery: A battery characteristic detecting method according to the invention includes a first step in which constant current discharge from a battery is performed at a predetermined current value, and a voltage during constant current discharge is measured; a second step in which overpotential for mass transfer control in the battery...

20060238169 - Temperature controlled current regulator: A current regulation device employs an interface connector and a temperature controlled current regulator including a current path operably integrated with the interface connector. In operation, the interface connector establishes a simultaneous electrical communication of a current source and a load device to the current path of the current regulator....

20060232238 - Battery charging system for hybrid electric vehicles: A battery charging system for hybrid electric vehicles that is capable of charging a low voltage battery with good energy efficiency. The battery charging system includes a high voltage battery for supplying electric power to a vehicle drive motor; and a voltage converter for converting a voltage, input from the...

20060232239 - Flashlight charger with an improved contact: A charger is provided that includes an improved contact for holding a flashlight and electrically connecting to a charging contact of the flashlight. The charger includes an area for receiving the head of a flashlight, and an area for receiving the barrel of a flashlight. The contact is disposed about...

20060232240 - Vehicle energy storage system control methods and method for determining battery cycle life projection for heavy duty hybrid vehicle applications: A method for equalizing a storage parameter for a vehicle energy storage system having one or more energy storage banks associated therewith includes identifying a quiescent period of operation for the vehicle, and determining whether the value of a defined storage quantity for a first energy storage bank differs from...

20060232242 - Charging apparatus: A charging apparatus includes a DC-DC converter for stepping down a charging input voltage, and a charging current controller having two input terminals and one output terminal. The input terminals receive a voltage based on a charging current drawn from a voltage stepped down by the DC-DC converter. The voltage...

20060232241 - Current mode stand alone battery charger controller: A current mode charger controller for controlling a DC to DC converter. The current mode charger may include a first error amplifier having an output coupled to a common node. The first error amplifier may be configured to compare a first signal representative of a charging current provided to a...

20060232243 - Electrical appliance for use with batteries: An electrical appliance such as a battery charger includes a main body portion and a movable body portion. The apparatus includes a first cavity for receiving batteries. The movable body portion opens to expose a second cavity for receiving batteries. Each of the cavities includes battery receiving regions or bays....

20060232244 - Systems for charging a battery in a closed loop configuration: A system is provided for charging a battery with an AC adapter. The system includes a first closed loop electrical path between the battery and the AC adapter. The first closed loop electrical path includes a first monitoring circuit for monitoring at least one first parameter of the system and...

20060232245 - Protection device for a chargeable battery: A protection device for a rechargeable battery connected between a main current source and a large amperage power source, the protection device includes: a first protection loop which has: a main current load and a battery (set) connected to a main circuit; and a thermocouple sensing switch connected to the...

20060232247 - Power generation controller: The power generation controller, which is for regulating an output voltage of a vehicle generator or a battery voltage of a vehicle battery charged by the vehicle generator by controlling an excitation current flowing into an excitation winding of the vehicle generator, includes a switching element connected in series between...

20060232246 - Quantum generator and related devices of energy extraction and conversion: A quantum generator and related devices of energy extraction and conversion based upon the interaction of light and matter using a constructive arrangement of at least two metallic reservoirs with high ratios between the surface area and the mass of metal from which the metallic reservoirs are formed. The at...

20060226806 - Battery housing structure for portable devices: A battery housing structure for portable devices includes a battery chamber and a movable seat located in a portable device. The battery chamber has two housing compartments for holding batteries. The movable seat is slidable in the battery chamber and confined between a first position and a second position. The...

20060226804 - Mobil phone battery replacement apparatus: A battery replacement apparatus comprises a phone body with at least an open slide seat and a battery with at least a slider. By the slider, the battery can attach to the phone body and slide in a certain direction on the phone body. When there is a need for...

20060226805 - Mobile battery-charging container: Disclosed is a mobile battery-charging container, which includes a container body for accommodating a mobile electronic device, a spare battery, for example, a primary or secondary battery mounted inside the container body, and a circuit board, which is mounted inside the container body and electrically connected to the spare battery...

20060226807 - Method and apparatus for maximizing battery charge: A device (100) comprises a charging system (102) supplying a source voltage and a source current to one or more battery cells (104). The device operates according to a method 200-300 including the steps of tracking (202) when a user removes a charger from the charging system, determining (204-212) a...

20060226808 - Charger with replaceable plugs: A charger (10) with replaceable plugs of the present invention includes a back cover (30) having a slide groove (32) set on the lower wall, two holes (34) are excavated at the undersurface of the slide groove and, a “Z” shaped key being provided on the groove. The plug portion...

20060226809 - Battery charger amusement device: A battery charger amusement has a receptacle adapted to receive a rechargeable battery, an electronic circuit monitoring battery charge status, and a mechanical movement signal activated upon charge status attainment. The battery charger can include a motion actuator so as to move during the battery recharge process. The device is...

20060226811 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system for controlling a secondary battery module which includes a plurality of unit batteries includes a sensor, a comparator and a controller. The sensor sequentially measures respective voltages of the unit batteries. The comparator compares the respective voltages of the unit batteries to a cut-off voltage range...

20060226810 - Serial charger with the function of automatic change of charging speed for nicd/nih batteries: A serial charger with the function of automatic change of charging speed for NiCd/NiH batteries is provided where the different charging modes for multi-speed (four speed) charging process, two speed charging process or two speed charging process in two charging phases can be achieved by use of the speed-changing principle...

20060226814 - Dual battery pack system interface: A system interface having an interface for dual battery packs provides for power up sequencing of battery packs and pack switching under the control of a host processor within associated system electronics. The host processor communicates with each battery pack via a pack interface that includes a single wire mode...

20060226812 - Method and system for charging batteries with improved cycle life: A battery charging method (20) can include the steps of setting (20) a maximum charge voltage for a battery (104) and dynamically adjusting (38) the maximum charge voltage for the battery based on at least one among an amount of time the battery is maintained at the maximum charge voltage...

20060226813 - Sense amplifier for use with wake-up charging current: A sense amplifier adapted to amplify a voltage signal representative of a charging current provided to a rechargeable battery. The sense amplifier may include a p-type input sense amplifier and an n-type input sense amplifier, The p-type input sense amplifier may be enabled and the n-type input sense amplifier may...

20060220609 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel feeder that provides the fuel cell stack with fuel, a fuel cell DC/DC converter that converts the output voltage of the fuel cell stack to a predetermined voltage and then outputs it, a rechargeable battery...

20060220610 - Power management controller: A charging system includes cables, a switch, and a wireless receiver. A first cable is coupled to a vehicle to conduct current. A second cable is coupled to the vehicle to conduct a separate current. The switch is coupled to the first and second cables to control current flow to...

20060220611 - Battery pack mounting apparatus for portable terminal: Disclosed is a battery pack mounting apparatus for a portable terminal. The battery pack mounting apparatus includes a mounting recess and a battery pack. The mounting recess is formed on one surface of a terminal housing and extends through from one side of the terminal housing to the other side...

20060220613 - Electronic endoscope: A battery section of an electronic endoscope is provided with an EEPROM. The EEPROM stores charging time and the number of charging of batteries, necessary for calculating remaining power of the batteries, and customized information for assigning functions to first, second and third switches of an operation section. A remaining-power...

20060220614 - Electronic endoscope system: An electronic endoscope includes: a discharge voltage measuring circuit for measuring discharge voltage of a battery; a time-measuring circuit for measuring period of time for which the battery is used; a remaining available time estimating circuit for obtaining remaining available time tr of the battery based on the result of...

20060220612 - Modular panel for a power tool: A power tool includes a main body having an upper surface and a power source. A power level indicator is positioned on the upper surface of the main body of the power tool. In the case of a cordless power tool, a removable battery is the power source and the...

20060220615 - Battery module: A battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries and a coupling unit for coupling the cases of adjacent unit batteries to each other. The coupling unit includes coupling members formed on an outer surface of a case of each unit battery....

20060220616 - Device for removing lead sulfide deposited on electrode surfaces of lead storage battery: A device for removing lead sulfate, wherein: using a positive voltage E (v) of a lead-acid battery as a reference, as shown in FIG. 1, spike-shaped voltage pulses (of duration of 1 μs or less) pointing in a negative direction from the positive voltage E (v) are continuously applied between...

20060220617 - Hand-held pen-shaped spotlight with dedicated charger socket: The present invention discloses hand-held pen-shaped spotlights and a dedicated charger socket for the same. An object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages occurred in prior art that the conventional hand-held pen-shaped spotlight and dedicated charger socket for the same can not be used by a user...

20060220618 - Multi-chip semiconductor device with high withstand voltage, and a fabrication method of the same: A multi-chip semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, and a plastic mold. The first semiconductor chip has a function for executing a predetermined electrical operation and is installed on the substrate. The second semiconductor chip is installed on the first semiconductor chip and...

20060220619 - Remaining capacity calculating device and method for electric power storage: It calculates a capacity difference ESOC between a reference remaining capacity SOCV based on an open-circuit voltage and a final remaining capacity SOC in a previous one calculation cycle. It calculates a proportional correction amount and an integral correction amount according to a proportional-integral control by using this capacity difference...

20060220620 - Battery charger for charging lithium-ion battery: A battery charger for charging a lithium-ion battery includes a temperature control unit and a current supplying unit. The temperature control unit controls a temperature of the lithium-ion battery to fall in a predetermined range. The predetermined range is divided into a plurality of sub-divided temperature ranges. The current supplying...