Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 03/07

20070069685 - Charging apparatus and terminal apparatus: In order to improve the charging efficiency of a charging apparatus including a photovoltaic generator such as a solar battery, a charging apparatus includes: a battery which is rechargeable; a photovoltaic generator generating electric power in response to received light; and a generative charging portion supplying the electric power generated... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070069684 - Light pad charger for electronic devices: A light emitting charger is provided. The light emitting charger delivers light energy to a portable electronic device having a rechargeable battery. The electronic device is equipped with a photovoltaic energy conversion device that converts the transferred light into an electrical current that can be used to charge the battery.... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070069686 - Rechargeable battery pack, in particular for use with electrical hand tool devices, charging device, and rechargeable battery pack and charging device system: The invention concerns a rechargeable battery pack (20), in particular, for use with electrical hand tool devices, comprising a first and a second charging connection (24, 26), and a third control connection (28), all three being connectable to a charging device (46) for producing a charging connection, and with a... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070069687 - Charging apparatus and charging system: Disclosed is a charging apparatus for charging a secondary battery incorporated in a portable electronic device. The charging apparatus includes a contactless IC card reader configured to supply operating power to a contactless IC card unit incorporated in the portable electronic device and have an authentication function of authenticating that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070069688 - Battery charger: The type of the attached batteries is determined by decision switch mechanisms. A protruding region is established in the attachment section to provide contact between charging terminals and the electrodes of short batteries. A stepped shelf region is established with the protruding region, and long batteries are mounted inside the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070069689 - Battery charger: A battery charger for charging one or more rechargeable batteries. One or more rechargeable batteries are placed into one or more charging areas of the battery charger. Each of the one or more charging areas has a positive charging plate and a negative charging plate and is configured to receive... Agent: Edward G. Greive Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070069690 - Battery charger and power reduction system and method: The present invention is a shunt-type, battery-charging device that (through the use of a power dissipation and/or power reduction system and/or method) is designed to reduce the likelihood of overcharging and the possible deleterious effects (and cooling requirements) associated with the generation of heat during the charging process. Generally, the... Agent: Dept. Of The Navy/naval Air Systems Command Air-11.2

20070069692 - Maximum and minimum power limit calculator for batteries and battery subpacks: A system for determining an operating limit of at least one battery according to some embodiments of the present invention comprises a voltage module that measures a voltage V across at least one battery during first and second periods. A current sensor that measures current I supplied by the at... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070069691 - Rechargeable battery charging method: A method is disclosed for charging a secondary battery with a constant current, in which method a peak of output voltage is detected by utilizing a predetermined current value, and then the battery continues to be charged with a current value lower than the predetermined current value, so that the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070069693 - Method and apparatus for improving cycle-life and capacity of a battery pack: A charging system (108) supplies a source voltage (Vco, FIG. 5) and a source current (Ico, FIG. 5) to a plurality of battery cells (110). The charging system operates according to a method (200) including the steps of determining (202) a capacity for each of the plurality of battery cells... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070069694 - Battery failure discharge apparatus: A battery failure discharge apparatus includes a battery discharge device operable to drain power from a battery. A controller 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 condition, the controller... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070069695 - Power controller for vehicle: An electric power controller for vehicle comprises an overheat detector, a voltage detector, a voltage converter, a switching unit, and a controller. The overheat detector detects whether a power line supplying power from a vehicle battery to vehicle load is overheated. The voltage detector detects a voltage of the vehicle... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070063669 - Portable battery charger: Disclosed is a portable charger adapted for use with wireless devices. Integrated circuitry controls the amount of current charge delivered to the primary power source of a wireless device through an adaptor. The current charge is delivered by a power source located within an attractive housing. A light emitting diode... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20070063671 - Apparatus and switching method for improving cycle-life and capacity of a battery pack: A charging system (108) supplies a source voltage (Vco, FIG. 5) and a source current (Ico, FIG. 5) to a plurality of battery cells (110). The charging system operates according to a method (200) including the steps of determining (202) a capacity for each of the plurality of battery cells... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070063672 - Rechargeable battery pack and electrical hand tool device: The invention concerns a rechargeable battery pack, in particular, for use with an electrical hand tool device, comprising a rechargeable battery housing, rechargeable battery cells which are disposed in the rechargeable battery housing and connected in series, and an electronic unit which is connected to the rechargeable battery cells for... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070063670 - System for quilibrating an energy storage device: In an energy storage device comprising a series network of n storage elements C1, . . . Cn, able to provide a continuous voltage across its terminals, a system for equilibrating the elements is envisaged comprising a plurality of charge transfer modules Mi,j, each module Mi,j ensuring a bidirectional transfer... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070063673 - Method and device for equalizing the float voltage of a battery cell: A module and method incorporated thereby is provided for maintaining the float voltage of a battery cell at an optimum fully charged condition while being continuously charged by a float current. The module preferably includes a mechanism for measuring the actual float voltage of the cell, and a circuit is... Agent: Law Office Of John L. Isaac

20070063674 - Power supply apparatus: Power supply apparatus, especially for the active circuits of a portable radio communication device. The power supply supplies a direct voltage to a load that is connected to a first terminal, is comprising a rechargeable battery for connection to a second terminal, and a voltage generator for recharging the battery... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070063675 - Method and system for providing battery usable life information to users of information handling systems: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing battery health information to users of portable information handling systems. Battery health information is displayed to a user along with information concerning the limited life of a rechargeable battery. The battery health information may include, for example, a good condition indicator, a critical... Agent: Brian W. Peterman O'keefe, Egan & Peterman, LLP

20070063676 - Multiple mode electronic device and method for indicating remaining battery capacity level: A multiple mode electronic device (102) and a method for indicating a remaining battery capacity level are disclosed. The method includes commencing operation using a first operation mode and determining a first remaining battery capacity level (504). The first remaining battery capacity level is displayed (506) using a remaining battery... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070052385 - Streetlight powered by solar energy: A streetlight powered by solar energy has a lamppost, a circuit panel, a rechargeable battery and a solar array. The lamppost has a post and a lampshade. The lampshade is mounted around the top end of the post and has a top recess. The rechargeable battery is mounted in the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20070052386 - Automatic chargeable electromotive vehicle: An automatic changeable electromotive vehicle has a driving device. The driving device of the electromotive vehicle is connected to a battery and a generator to form an electric loop. A switch is connected between the battery and the driving device. Therefore, when the switch of the electromotive vehicle is turned... Agent: Yi-hsiung Lin

20070052387 - Automotive engine-starting battery: This invention presented is an automotive engine-starting battery, which properly provides backup power for emergency starting once a vehicle has insufficient power to crank over the engine. The invention solves out the drawback of failing to starting the engine of a vehicle owing to insufficient power of a conventional backup... Agent: Tb05p0075us

20070052389 - Battery receptacle: A battery receptacle for use with a medical device, said receptacle comprising at least one cavity accessed via a respective door, said cavity adapted to slidably receive at least one non-cylindrical battery to engage with electrical contacts in a single predetermined orientation, said receptacle and said battery each being provided... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Financial Centre

20070052388 - Recharging rolling laptop bag: A roller bag having integral thereto a battery and a small alternator geared to recharge the battery when the wheels of the roller bag are rotated. During times of commuting, such as within an airport terminal, between a terminal and a rental car facility, or in route to a hotel,... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20070052390 - Battery module having an improved unit battery assembly coupling structure: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery body having a plurality of unit cells arranged in series and having a respective barrier disposed between adjacent unit cells. End plates are disposed on opposite outermost sides of the battery body. A fixing unit fixes together the end... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070052391 - Apparatus and method for managing power for mobile device: An apparatus and method of managing power for a mobile device is disclosed, which can prevent an inflow of overcurrent to the device when the device is charged. The apparatus includes a state judgment unit to judge whether a battery of the mobile device is being charged, a voltage level... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070052392 - Method and apparatus for trickle-charging batteries: The car battery trickle charger comprising a power converter, an extension cord, a storage coil, a universal coupling, and a battery connection. The storage coil includes a spring-loaded winding mechanism and a releasable lock. The universal coupling permits interchange of various configurations of battery connections including positive and negative terminal... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070052393 - Apparatus for preventing a malfunction: A apparatus for preventing a malfunction prevents a malfunction during recovery from critical suspend. The apparatus includes: a voltage detection unit 2 detecting a voltage value from a secondary battery 1; a charging time monitor unit 4 outputting a system activation enable signal when a charging time of the secondary... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070046250 - Fuel cell and battery systems: In at least some embodiments, a system comprises a load and a fuel cell coupled to said load, the fuel cell being configured to provide a constant power level to said load. The system further comprises a battery coupled to said load and configured to provide power in excess of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070046251 - Mini-generator system in rechargeable battery: A mechanical device that is constructed within rechargeable battery, upon kinetics force, the gears of the device drives set of highly magnetic flywheels. The magnetic field created by the flywheels is transformed to electrical current to supply the rechargeable battery. The device can be made to any size to accompany... Agent: Richard Hsu

20070046252 - Power delivery system including interchangeable cells: A power cell system includes a structure that provides multiple power cell locations. The system also includes at least one regenerative power cell, and at least one non-regenerative power cell. The cell locations and power cells are sized and positioned so that each cell location may interchangeably accept either a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070046253 - Charging database with class of service (cos): Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with provisioning an internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes logic for provisioning an IMS charging database with charging data and logic for provisioning an IMS user database with user data. The exemplary system embodiment... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070046255 - Apparatus and method for conserving battery charge: A portable device includes a battery, electronic circuitry, and a peak current provider that provides a peak current to the electronic circuitry. Power is supplied to the portable device by connecting a battery to a peak current provider, charging the peak current provider, and supplying a current from the battery... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070046254 - Power supply device of an electronic product: The present invention relates to a power supply device of a portable electronic product, especially, to a charging device having a built-in power storage unit. By means of the built-in power storage unit in the charging device, the power storage unit would enter a discharge mode to provide power to... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070046256 - Contactless battery charger: Disclosed is a contactless battery charger for simultaneously charging numerous portable terminals and battery packs, regardless of their type, when they are placed on the charger, as well as sterilizing and cleaning them. The charger includes a plate-shaped portion gradually depressed towards the center up to a predetermined depth so... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070046257 - Electrical device: An electrical device includes a device body and a conversion plug. An AC plug is connected to an outlet with the conversion plug being detached. The conversion plug is connected to an outlet with a different shape with the conversion plug being connected to the AC plug. The AC plug... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070046258 - System, method and apparatus for charging a worn device: A wearable device has an internal rechargeable power source for supplying power to internal circuitry of the device. An external rechargeable battery pack is physically and electrically interfaced to the wearable device and provides power to recharge the internal rechargeable power source while the device is being worn, thereby eliminating... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070046259 - Battery array: The battery array cools battery modules 1 by flowing cooling air through a holder case 2 housing three or more levels of battery modules 1. A holder case 2 has a pair of opposing sidewalls 4 that are closed off by an inlet panel 5 on the inlet side and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070046260 - Apparatus for regulating state of charge in battery assembly: A plurality of discharge resistors Rd1 to Rdn having different resistance values is provided. A CPU 72 selects one from a plurality of unit cells B1 to B16 as a connection cell and selects one resistance value according to a voltage across the connection cell from the plurality of resistance... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070046262 - Battery-powered apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: A battery-powered apparatus which makes it possible to perform battery check with accuracy irrespective of whether a battery is used as an internal battery or an external battery and make the end voltages of the internal battery and the external battery coincide with each other. It is determined whether the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070046261 - Method and apparatus for temperature, conductance and/or impedance testing in remote application of battery monitoring systems: An apparatus and method of monitoring at least one battery, includes measuring an analog signal related to the at least one battery, converting the analog signal to a digital signal and communicating the digital signal in a wireless manner to an external device, in which the measuring, converting, and communicating... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070046263 - Remaining-battery-capacity estimating apparatus, remaining-battery-capacity estimating method, and remaining-battery-capacity estimating computer program: A remaining-battery-capacity estimating apparatus estimates the remaining capacity of a battery used as a backup. The apparatus reduces the voltage output from a rectifier to an actual load, measures current flowing from the rectifier and the battery to the actual load and a dummy load device provided separately from the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070046264 - Power source switching apparatus and method thereof: A power source switching apparatus and method thereof are provided. The example power source switching apparatus may include a battery storing charges received from an external power source and outputting a voltage corresponding to the stored charges, a voltage adjuster outputting a first power source voltage having a voltage level,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C