Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 12/06

20060290319 - Method and apparatus for reminding a user of an unattended device in a vehicle: A device (100) has a charging system (102) for coupling to a charger (103) operating in a vehicle, and a processor coupled to the charging system. The processor is programmed to detect (202) a charging state while a user of the device is operating the vehicle, and detect (204-208) an... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20060290320 - Battery cover fixing means for portable terminal: Provided is a battery cover fixing means in a battery cover of a portable terminal which includes at least one pogo pin provided on the portable terminal, at least one combining rib formed on the battery cover and supported on the portable terminal, and at least one fixing groove formed... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060290321 - System and method for supplying power to a device during battery replacement: A system and method are provided for supplying a specified minimum level of power to a laptop computer or other device during a battery replacement procedure. In the system, a first battery has a plurality of terminal pairs, each terminal pair comprising positive and negative terminals. The system further includes... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20060290322 - Charge indicator for an energy source: A battery charge indicator for a mobile communication device, such as a cell phone. The battery charge indicator receives an indication of battery power, uses the indication to determine an estimated service life of the present charge of the battery during an idle mode of the mobile communication device, uses... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20060290323 - Method of measuring the battery level in a mobile telephone: Measuring the voltage level of a mobile telephone battery during a charging operation involves disabling the charge temporarily so that the battery rapidly enters discharge mode. The discharge mode voltage is more representative of the true battery charge level, so that the present invention can be implemented to provide a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060284591 - Monitoring system for fuel cell stack: A monitoring system includes a plurality of monitoring devices adjacently provided to a group of integrated fuel cell stacks for measuring a voltage of the fuel cell units. Each of the monitoring devices includes a plurality of monitoring sensors adapted for electrically connecting to a predetermined set of fuel cell... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060284592 - Auxiliary body with securing mechanism and portable electronic device using the same: A portable electronic device includes a main body defining a locking hole therein and an auxiliary body having a latch therein. The latch includes a button, a slider, and a spring member positioned between the button and the auxiliary body. The slider includes a locking portion retractably inserted into the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060284593 - Wireless battery charging system and method: A wireless battery charging system and method includes a self-structuring antenna system for monitoring a wide area and detecting wireless devices within the area, a transceiver for establishing two-way communication with a wireless device detected within the area, and a computer for adjusting the self-structuring antenna system to focus electromagnetic... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060284594 - Display with a thin sheet battery: A display with a thin sheet battery comprises a frame, a display panel installed in the frame; a thin sheet battery adhered on a backside of the panel; wherein power from the thin sheet battery serves to supply to the display panel and a device connected to the display panel.... Agent: Tu, Yu Ta

20060284595 - Charging mode control circuit and method: The present invention provides a charging mode control circuit and method. By utilizing such charging mode control circuit and method, a secondary battery fixed in a portable device can be quickly charged when the portable device communicate with an external computer. The method includes the steps of:a) providing a commutator,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060284596 - Monitoring and control device and bridge module therefor: Disclosed is a monitoring and/or control device (1) having an assembly of system modules (Si) in the form of field bus coupler modules, supply modules and/or input/output modules, which are arranged adjacent to one another and have terminal contacts in order to connect a system bus (4) and/or a voltage... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20060284597 - Power supply apparatus: A power supply device having a plurality of series-connected-battery blocks which are connected in parallel and in which two or more secondary cells capable of charging and discharging are connected in series, includes a constant-current control circuit provided for each of the series-connected-battery blocks.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060284599 - Charging mode control circuit and method: The present invention provides a charging mode control circuit and method. By utilizing such charging mode control circuit and method, a secondary battery fixed in a portable device can be quickly charged when the portable device communicate with an external computer. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060284598 - Method and device in a multi-celled battery pack for disabling charging: Disclosed are a method, processor and device for charging of multi-celled battery pack (101) is disclosed to determine if one or more cells (A, B, C and D) is malfunctioning. The battery pack has a voltage (114) and includes a discharge FET (104) which when open prevents discharge of the... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20060284600 - Method for control and monitoring using a state estimator having variable forgetting factors: A recursive algorithm is provided for adaptive multi-parameter regression enhanced with forgetting factors unique to each regressed parameter. Applications of this algorithm can include lead acid batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, and lithium-ion batteries, among others. A control algorithm is presented, having an arbitrary number of model parameters, each having its... Agent: Kathryn A. Marra General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20060284601 - High temperature battery system for hybrid locomotive and offhighway vehicles: An electric storage battery system carried on a hybrid energy off-highway vehicle including wheels for supporting and moving the vehicle, an electrical power generator, and traction motors for driving the wheels, with electrical power generated on the vehicle being stored at selected times in the electric storage battery system and... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20060284602 - Solid state detector for recording x-ray images: In order to simplify the usability of solid state detectors, in particular mobile and wireless solid state detectors, a solid state detector is disclosed for recording X-ray images. The detector includes a structurally integrated photovoltaic power supply device. According to one configuration, the solid state detector includes an accumulator and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060284603 - Capacitance-to-voltage conversion method and apparatus: A method of capacitance-to-voltage conversion with an external sensor capacitor (CP) and a capacitance-to-voltage converter (14) implemented on an integrated readout circuit that includes a reference capacitor (CR), a sampling capacitor (CS) and a sampling amplifier (22) and which has input terminals (16) to which the sensor capacitor (CP) is... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20060279250 - Portable power management for a computing device: An apparatus, carrying case and computer system are disclosed herein. In the apparatus, a housing to which an electrical device may be electrically coupled is provided. A secondary battery may be electrically coupled to the housing and adapted to power the electrical device or to charge the device's internal battery.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060279251 - Adjustable charger: The invention concerns an adjustable charger (100) and a method (700) of using same. The adjustable charger can include a base portion (110) and an adjustable cradle (112) that can receive a single unit electronic device (130) having a display (132) or a flip-type electronic device (134) having a display... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20060279252 - Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device: A portable electronic device (101) includes a battery cover (200), a latch (200) and a housing (300). The battery cover has a resisting portion (114). One end of the latch has a limiting portion (207), another end of the latch having an engaging portion (208). The housing has a positioning... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060279253 - Cradle device, control method of image sensing system, and computer program: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a cradle device which inhibits driving of a pan/tile driving unit in the event of an imaging device being detached from the cradle device, and also receiving a control command of the imaging device from a camera. The cradle device can lock... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060279254 - Slim line battery pack: A battery pack is configured to reduce weight, enhance battery identification, ensure proper placement of a lid retaining the battery, and facilitate battery pack removal. The battery pack has one or more cells that lack an outer coverage except for a polymer sheathing. The battery pack includes a mating notch... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20060279255 - Chargeable-and-dischargeable power supply system: In a chargeable-and-dischargeable power supply system, a plurality of battery cell sections (C1, C2, - - - , Cn) are connected in series with one another, a plurality of cell state detecting sections (CC1, CC2, - - - , CCn) are installed for the respective battery cell sections and configured... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060279256 - Power management system for multi-function battery-operated device: Methods and apparatus for controlling the execution of individual functions performed by a multi-function battery-powered electronic device, such a cellular telephone. The device user assigns priority values to each function. When the execution of a function is requested, the system determines whether or not the current battery charge level is... Agent: Charles G. Call

20060279257 - Capacitor device and wiring pattern: A capacitor device is provided which includes a plurality of electric double-layer capacitors connected in series, and a balance resistor portion where five resistors having an equivalent resistance are connected in parallel. In this capacitor device, the balance resistor portion is connected to each electric double-layer capacitor, so that the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060279259 - Method and arrangement for charging capacitors of direct-voltage intermediate circuit of frequency converter: A method and an arrangement for charging capacitors of a direct-voltage intermediate circuit of a frequency converter. The arrangement comprises a charging circuit (CCA) comprising a first diode (D1) and a second diode (D2) connected in series with the first diode (D1) and a current-limiting component (AA) connected in parallel... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060279258 - Method and system for providing current leveling capability: The present invention relates to systems and methods for leveling a power supply current into a circuit that drives a pulsed load, such as a surgical cataract handpiece. According to various embodiments for current leveling of the present invention, the input current is leveled to regulate power being drawn from... Agent: Alcon

20060273758 - Battery pack: A battery pack includes: a plurality of flat-shaped cells each including a generator element sealed by a laminate film; a case for accommodating the cells so as to be laminated in a thickness direction thereof, the case having an opening formed at least at one end thereof; a lid member... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060273756 - Opportunity charging system for battery powered mining equipment: An opportunity charging system for a battery-powered, mobile mining machine employs inductive power transfer for transferring battery charging current produced by a rapid charging station to the battery of the machine. An alignment module of the charging station automatically aligns primary coils of the charging station with pick-up coils carried... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20060273757 - Portable devices solar charger case: A portable electronic devices case that can simultaneously be used as a solar charger for the portable devices. The invention allows for combining any carrying case design with that of a solar charger into a single item. The invention also enables detaching the solar panels portion from the case when... Agent: Ramez Y. Naguib

20060273759 - Method and apparatus for providing rechargeable power in data monitoring and management systems: Method and apparatus for charging a power supply unit such as a rechargeable battery for use in data monitoring and management system using the ESD protection circuitry of the existing electrode contacts including guard contact and counter electrode thereby reducing system cost, complexity, and any unprotected battery contacts exposed for... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20060273760 - Nickel metal hydride/nickelcadmium secondary battery charger for automobiles: A nickel metal hydride/nickel cadmium secondary battery charger includes: a charging base having a lower casing and a cover; a charge control circuit board installed in a containing space of the lower casing; a power supply plug with its external end corresponding to the cylindrical shape of a cigarette lighter... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060273761 - Apparatus and method for detecting fully charged condition, apparatus and method for detecting charged condition, and apparatus and method for determining degree of degradation: A CPU 23a detects a charging efficiency which is a ratio of an electrical quantity to be stored in a battery 13 as electromotive force to an electrical quantity flowed into the battery 13 at any time point from a start of charging to an end of charging of the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060273762 - Onboard battery monitoring apparatus and method for correcting offset value of current sensor thereof: An onboard battery monitoring apparatus for monitoring charging and discharge currents of an onboard battery 40 using a current sensor 43 includes an ignition switch 49, a main line current interrupting unit 41 for interrupting a current of a main line A which constitutes a monitoring target to be monitored... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060273763 - Battery status monitoring apparatus and method: A microcomputer 23 monitors the battery condition by detecting a first deterioration degree caused by increase of an internal resistance of a battery 13 and a second deterioration degree caused by inactivation of an activation material in the battery 13 based on outputs of a current sensor 15 and a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060273764 - Method and charging apparatus controlled by computer for converting input power into required charging voltage and charging current: A charging apparatus includes a control unit and a power converter. The control unit is used for generating a power control signal according to an input signal to adjust charging power. The power converter is electrically connected to the control unit, for converting input power into charging power, wherein the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation