Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 04/07

20070090786 - Devices powered by conformable fuel cells: Thin layers of fuel cells are provided on the housings of portable electrically-powered devices. The fuel cells provide electrical power for the devices. The fuel cell layers can follow contours of the device housings. some embodiments provide fuel plenums between a surface of the housing and a fuel cell layer.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070090787 - Amusement apparatus operative as a dynamo battery charger: The present invention provides a dynamo battery charger adapted to provide amusement during the recharging process. The charger housing is shaped or constructed to represent an amusing apparatus that includes optional features that simulate actual components whereby the amusing optional features are operable when the battery charger is being actuated.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070090789 - Mobile communication device with dual charging ports: A mobile communication device is provided for inserting into a charging seat. The charging seat has a reception chamber and a charging circuit with a first coupling section. The mobile communication device includes: an outer casing for inserting into the reception chamber along a predetermined direction, and a first charging... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070090788 - System and method for recharging a battery exposed to a harsh environment: A rechargable battery with an internal microcontroller. The microcontroller contains a memory in which data regarding the environment to which the battery is exposed are stored. These data are read by a processor integral with the charger used to charge the battery. If these data indicates the battery may have... Agent: Intel. Prop./ Rnd Stryker Corporation

20070090790 - Inductive battery charger system with primary transformer windings formed in a multi-layer structure: There is provided a planar inductive battery charging system designed to enable electronic devices to be recharged. The system includes a planar charging module having a charging surface on which a device to be recharged is placed. Within the charging module and parallel to the charging surface is at least... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070090791 - Battery pack including an emergency back-up battery for use in mobile electronic devices: A rechargeable battery system for a portable electronic device is provided. The system includes a battery pack having a first battery and a second battery. The battery pack is preferably configured to electrically connect one of the first and second batteries to the electronic device in a first position, but... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070090792 - Lithium ion battery and method of power conservation for the same: A lithium ion battery and a method of power conservation for the same are provided. A bare cell including an electrode assembly with a plurality of electrodes and a protective circuit are coupled together via the plurality of electrodes. The protective circuit includes a remaining charge control circuit that internally... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070090793 - Multi-battery pack system, method for controlling the same, and battery pack: Disclosed are a multi-battery pack system, a method for controlling battery packs, and a battery pack, in which plural battery packs provided in the multi-battery pack system can be set as a master battery pack and slave battery packs by themselves. The method for controlling the battery packs constructing the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070090795 - Accessory for wiping an internal user interface of a closable electronic device: There is provided an accessory (300, 500) for a portable electronic device that conveniently wipes an internal user interface of the device. The accessory (300, 500), is configured for removable attachment to the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device has first and second housings (102, 104) that rotate or... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070090796 - Power adapter for power tools: A power adapter for powering battery-operated (also referred to as “cordless”) power tools using electricity from a standard AC electrical outlet. Cordless power tools are typically powered by a battery cartridge which is removeably attached to the power tool. The battery cartridge includes a housing which contains the battery cells... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070090794 - Wall outlet device having emergency light: A wall outlet device includes a light device received in a housing and having one or more light members coupled to one or more chargeable batteries, and a control device having a sensing/switching device for electrically coupling to a power supply, and electrically coupled to the light members of the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070090797 - Battery charging system and method of operating same: A method for charging a plurality of batteries wherein each battery includes an anode and a cathode. The method includes electrically coupling n batteries to form a string of batteries, electrically coupling n battery charger assemblies to the n batteries such that each respective battery charger assembly is coupled to... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (12552)

20070090798 - Battery management system and battery management method: The battery management system of the present invention measures a cell voltage of a battery more efficiently using a small number of elements, and measures a pack current and voltage thereof when measuring the voltages of a plurality of cells. The battery management system is coupled to the battery formed... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070090799 - Switching circuit for balancing of battery cell: Disclosed is a switching circuit for balancing battery cells. The switching circuit includes plural pairs of switching means, each pair of which are connected to each other in parallel and interrupt a flow of electric current in a bi-direction in order to reduce the internal voltage applied to the switching... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070090800 - Power control circuits: Power control systems and methods are provided to control when and how power is removed from devices. A power control system includes a sensing module that detects an output voltage level of a battery pack. A shutoff module initiates a shutoff routine when the output voltage level decreases to a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client No. 006780

20070090801 - Battery cell voltage and impedance measuring circuit: In general, in the circuit to measure and diagnose the cell post voltage and internal impedance in storage battery cells and find out their aging status, the impedance voltage signal which is induced by the constant current is added to the direct current voltage on the storage battery cell post.... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070090802 - Battery management system: The present invention relates to a battery management system for securely maintaining battery charging capacity and precisely measuring a battery pack voltage. The battery management system, which is coupled to a battery including a plurality of battery cells as one battery pack, includes a sensing stabilization unit, a relay, a... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070090803 - Method of estimating state of charge for battery and battery management system using the same: The battery management system (BMS) measures a state of charge (SOC) of a battery by using a total amount of charge corresponding to a total amount of discharge accumulation. The BMS, outputting a SOC of a battery to an engine control unit (ECU), includes a sensor, state of health (SOH)... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070090805 - Apparatus for detecting charged state of secondary battery: A charged state detecting apparatus for a secondary battery is provided, which can suppress deterioration in the accuracy of detecting a charged state, such as an SOC, the deterioration being caused by variation of a polarization state of a battery. The charged state detecting apparatus stabilizes an amount of polarization... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070090804 - Determining an amount of charge in a battery based on voltage and portagle device having the same: Residual charge in a battery is measured based on a discharge voltage from the battery. A device for measuring the residual charge in the battery includes a fluctuation width amplifier configured to amplify a fluctuation width of a discharge voltage from the battery in excess of a threshold voltage. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070090807 - Deep discharge protection for battery packs with cell groups: A method of preventing deep discharge of the battery pack (1′) with series-connected cell groups (2a, 2b) by polarity reversal of an individual weakest cell (3), includes a difference measurement step which is repeated over time for detecting an event indicative of a probable reversal of polarity in which the... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070090806 - Pre-set discharging of batteries: One embodiment relates to a method of pre-set discharging of a battery in a portable device which is connected to external power. The battery is charged until a fully-charged level is reached, and the time at the fully-charged level is tracked. The charging of the battery is halted after a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070090808 - Lift truck with hybrid power source: A lift truck power source includes a hybrid power supply including a storage battery, a capacitor bank, and optionally a fuel cell. The capacitor bank stores power produced during regeneration by either the truck traction system or the lift system and delivers current when current demand exceeds that delivered by... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070090810 - Integrated battery unit for electric vehicles: Methods of and apparatus for removing heat generated by cells of a battery pack. The method and apparatus may employ one or more fan modules disposed between or next to cells of the battery pack, or one or more fans directly mounted to the battery pack or battery pack case... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070090809 - Polymer ptc device: An overvoltage protection device is adopted, which is provided with a conductive polymer that runs away thermally when the resistance value becomes V2/P or higher, given that the power consumption when actuated is P and the voltage of the secondary battery cell when fully charged is V.... Agent: Margueite E Gerstner Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070080660 - 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... Agent: Knox Patents

20070080661 - Battery device: A battery device includes a battery cell including a cell terminal, a case that houses the battery cell, a battery terminal provided to the case and electrically connected to the cell terminal, and a control section that is housed in the case and allows and inhibits charge and discharge of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070080662 - Universal battery module and controller therefor: A battery pack is provided including universal battery modules and a master control module. By selecting proper rated universal battery modules and connecting them either in series and/or parallel, a high performance and long life battery pack is assembled that is suitable for high power applications such as electrical vehicles... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070080663 - Portable charger with a rechargeable back-up battery: A portable battery charger with a rechargeable back-up battery is disclosed. The portable charger comprises a first electrical connector for coupling the charger to an external power source, a second electrical connector for coupling the charger to a battery of a portable electronic device, a power converter, a back-up battery,... Agent: Terrence J. Edwards Clayton, Howarth & Cannon, P.C.

20070080664 - System and method for rebalancing a battery during vehicle operation: A system and method for rebalancing a battery in a vehicle during vehicle operation, the battery including a plurality of modules, is provided. The method may include determining when an automatic rebalance mode start condition is satisfied, modifying a target state of charge for the battery at least in part... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070080666 - Methods and apparatus for coupling an energy storage system to a variable energy supply system: A method for coupling an energy storage system to a variable energy supply system includes providing an energy storage system including at least one Vanadium redox battery and at least one battery charge controller. The method also includes electrically coupling the at least one battery charge controller to the variable... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070080665 - System and method for monitoring power supplied to a battery: Described is a method of supplying power to recharge a battery and drive at least one load separate from the battery, wherein the load is connected to the battery. A current amount supplied to only the battery is determined. A battery voltage is determined. Power is disabled to the battery... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070080667 - Accumulator package with charge state display: An accumulator package (2) for a hand-held power tool includes: a housing (4) having a plurality of accumulator cells (28) provided therein, a connection element (18) electrically connected with the accumulator cells (28) and accessible from outside, a charge state display (22) for displaying a charge state of the accumulator... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070080668 - Battery float management: The invention relates to a new VRLA battery float model. The model covers the steady state and transient float charge behaviour of both positive and negative electrodes. Backup analysis verifies the internal polarisation distribution for a conventional 2V-cell polarisation behaviours can be identified without the need for a physical reference... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070075676 - Removable battery charger: An apparatus for charging a battery for an electronic device is described. The apparatus includes an array of photovoltaic elements for converting light energy into electrical energy. The apparatus also includes a storage element for storing electrical energy received from the array of photovoltaic elements, and an electrical cord to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070075677 - Method and system of managing power distribution in switch based circuits: Method and systems of managing power distribution in switch based circuits. The method and system including a number of switches for controlling power distribution. The method and system further including a number of voltage elevators associated with each switch to facilitate the activation thereof.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070075678 - Life cycle extending batteries and battery charging means, method and apparatus: A method of battery charging includes a first step of collecting characteristic battery data of the battery. This characteristic battery data relates to charging characteristics of the battery and includes charging current rate, ambient temperature, battery voltage and state-of-charge of the battery. A full charge voltage of the battery is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070075679 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal includes a main body, cradle mounted to the main body, and a covering with one portion fixed on the cradle, the covering surrounding at least one surface of the main body. Accordingly, the appearance of the portable terminal may be diversified by providing the covering using the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070075680 - Charging mode control circuit: A charging mode control circuit (320) includes a detecting circuit (321) and a charging control circuit (322). The detecting circuit detects whether a power/data interface (310) is in a communication state, and accordingly outputting a control signal. The charging control circuit receives the control signal and obtaining power from the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070075684 - Battery charge/discharge control circuit: A circuit is used for controlling charging and discharging a battery. The circuit comprises a first MOSFET for controlling discharging the battery, and a second MOSFET coupled in series to the battery and the first MOSFET for controlling charging the battery. The first and second MOSFETs have body diodes respectively,... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao, LLP

20070075681 - Charging device: A charging device including an assembled battery having plural secondary batteries serially connected, a charge power source unit which supplies charging current to both ends of said assembled battery having plural secondary batteries serially connected, and plural charge controllers which connect to both ends of each secondary battery among said... Agent: Robert E. Krebs Thelen Reid & Priest

20070075683 - 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

20070075682 - Rapid charge lithium ion battery charger: A rapid charging circuit for a lithium ion battery. The battery charger in accordance with the present invention compensates for the voltage drops across the various resistance elements in the battery circuit by setting the charging voltage to a level to compensate for the initial resistance of the series resistances... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070075685 - Secondary battery charging device: In a charging device, a driving power supply circuit for driving a control circuit is formed as a separate system from a first power supply circuit, regardless of whether the first power supply circuit is in a driving state or a non-driving state. A microcomputer alternately and intermittently controls the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070075686 - Rechargeable battery controller and method for controlling output of rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery controller for controlling output of a rechargeable battery mounted on a vehicle having a power source including an internal combustion engine, a starter motor for starting the internal combustion engine, and a vehicle controller. The rechargeable battery controller includes a control circuit for setting an upper limit... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)