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

20070170886 - Vehicle equipped for providing solar electric power for off-vehicle use and systems in support thereof: A vehicle equipped to provide to a docking facility at a home or business structure, electric power derived from solar collectors formed on the surface of the vehicle, and the docking facility for receiving such power. Also provided is a system for providing to the public electric power grid such... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070170888 - Mobile terminal device: There is provided a mobile terminal device including a verification circuit verifying whether or not an attached external power supply meets a predefined condition, an internal power supply supplying power to the verification circuit, and a power management unit cutting power supply from the external power supply to a terminal... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070170887 - Battery/capacitor charger integrated in implantable device: A system and method for charging a rechargeable battery or capacitor in one implantable device using a charger located in a second implantable device is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to a system for charging a rechargeable component. The system includes at least one satellite implantable medical device,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070170889 - Voltage detecting device: A voltage detecting device for an on-vehicle high-voltage battery in which secondary batteries are connected in series, the on-vehicle high-voltage battery being divided into blocks each including at least one secondary battery, includes: voltage detecting means each assigned to each block for detecting a voltage of each secondary battery included... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070170890 - Method and apparatus for a remote battery charger with a self contained power source: A battery charger with a self-contained power source which provides a current charging signal at or near the resonant frequency of the battery to be charged when no other power supply is readily available. A storage energy device, for example a battery, delivers a current charging signal modulated at or... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20070170893 - Method and system for measuring remaining capacity of a battery with open circuit voltage detection: A method and system for measuring the remaining capacity of a battery with open circuit voltage detection is disclosed. The method includes the steps of measuring an open circuit voltage, obtaining an initial capacity based on the open circuit voltage, initializing an accumulation counter with the initial capacity, adjusting the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070170891 - Energy supply management methods, apparatus, media, signals and programs: Methods, apparatus, media, signals and programs for managing energy supplied by an energy supply are disclosed. One such apparatus includes an energy accumulation device, which includes an energy accumulator and a controller configured to place the energy accumulator in electrical communication with the energy supply and with a load. The... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070170892 - Method and apparatus for estimating remaining capacity of electric storage: A method for determining a remaining capacity of an electric storage such as a lithium ion secondary battery which is mounted on a hybrid electric automobile or the like accurately at an arbitrary time interval includes the steps of: monitoring a charging/discharging current of the secondary battery and calculating a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070170895 - Battery charging with superwaves: Apparatus and methods are provided for charging rechargeable batteries using amplitude and frequency modulated current.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070170894 - Battery protection device and battery having the same: A battery protection device may include a thermally responsive operating plate having two plates secured together, the two plates having different coefficients of thermally expansion, an electrically conductive member, and a stopper with which the thermally responsive operating plate can be interlocked. The battery protection device may have a recoverable... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070164702 - Battery cross-reference method and system: Aspects of the present invention provide a method and a system for handling cross-reference of batteries. A battery cross-reference system is provided for users of all levels of knowledge to search for a battery based on different attributes of a battery. The different attributes of a battery includes a chemistry,... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070164703 - Dc adaptor and electronic apparatus using the same: The present invention provides a DC adapter that can be housed in a battery housing portion of an electronic apparatus selectively with a primary and secondary battery. The DC adapter (3) is connected to an AC/DC converter (35) and is inserted into a battery housing portion (20) of an electronic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070164704 - Plug with supplemental memory: A plug is provided that includes a charging circuit and a supplemental memory and the plug body includes an outer profile that is a compact size. The plug allows for data from a battery powered device to be written to the supplemental memory for emergency access by the battery powered... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070164705 - Apparatus for preventing capacitor charger from overcharging and method thereof: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling a capacitor charging circuit and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a first comparator, a second comparator, and a controller. The first comparator, which is coupled to the charging circuit, receives a voltage level and compares the voltage level with a reference... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070164706 - Controller built in electrical tool powered by li-battery: A controller built in Li-battery electric tool includes a microprocessor, a charging switch loop, a battery voltage detecting loop, a motor driving loop, and a power circuit. The charging switch loop is connected with the microprocessor and connected to a chargeable battery and a charging source, for controlling the charging... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070164708 - Devices and methods for battery power management of electronic systems: An embodiment of a method for battery power management comprises the following steps. A first power consumption magnitude indicating the amount of battery power consumed when the portable electronic device is in standby mode is calculated. A second power consumption magnitude indicating the amount of battery power consumed for a... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070164707 - Nickel-hydride battery life determining method and life determining apparatus: Data indicating a relationship of life of a battery to a value of load power applied to the battery in discharge and environmental temperature of a place where the battery is installed are prepared beforehand. Next, the load power and the environmental temperature when the battery is discharged are measured,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070164710 - Abnormality detection apparatus for secondary battery device: There is provided an abnormality detection apparatus for a secondary battery device having n secondary batteries (where n is 2 or more) connected in series for obtaining a high battery voltage. The apparatus includes n voltage detecting circuits which outputs high-level signals at a normal voltage between both terminals of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070164709 - Battery pack protection circuit and battery pack: A battery pack includes a first switching element which shuts off a discharging current flowing to a battery cell and a second switching element which shuts off a charging current. A positive temperature coefficient thermistor is inserted between a gate control terminal of a protective control circuit and a gate... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070164711 - Medium- or large-sized battery pack having safety device: Disclosed herein is a medium- or large-sized battery pack having a plurality of unit cells. The battery pack includes a safety device (fire-extinguishing safety device) for spraying a material to prevent or restrain the fire or the explosion of the battery pack when the temperature of the battery pack exceeds... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070159132 - Battery charger for vehicle for charging power hand tool: A battery charger includes a first housing for holding a battery pack of a power hand tool to be charged, a second housing pivoted to the first housing and provided with a connector connectable to a power socket of a vehicle, a charging unit installed in the first housing and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070159133 - Battery charger: A battery charger (100) includes a housing (102), a battery compartment (104) which receives one or more batteries to be charged, and faceplate or skin (108). The faceplate (108) covers a portion of the charger (100) which is ordinarily visible during operation of the device. The faceplate (108) is readily... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

20070159134 - Counter electromotive force prevention unit: A counter electromotive force prevention unit for batteries is provided that can prevent occurrence of noise due to the counter electromotive force generated by loads of a battery and turning on and off of the charging generator, that can suppress noise emanating from the car audio speakers which are electrical... Agent: David H Brinkman Wood Herron & Evans

20070159135 - Battery pack and electronic equipment: The battery pack is charged by an electronic equipment and communicates with the electronic equipment. The battery pack is provided with a discrimination resistor electrically connected to communication lines, and a controller having a discrimination function for electronic equipment judgment of battery pack type from communication via the communication lines.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070159136 - Systems and methods for managing a power supply: Circuitry and techniques for managing a power supply are disclosed. A processor-controlled switch is employed to control the delivery of power to conductors that provide power to an external electronic device wherein the processor controls the switch opening and the switch opening based not only on contemporaneous parameter measurements but... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20070159137 - Method and apparatus for generalized recursive least-squares process for battery state of charge and state of health: A method for determining a voltage based or current based state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) of a battery system is provided. The method includes: providing a model of the battery system including an equivalent circuit having both low frequency and high frequency elements; establishing a plurality... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070159138 - Protection circuit: A protection circuit is provided. The protection circuit protects a battery pack from overcurrents and overvoltages using sensing means and a protection device having a heating resistor and a fuse element provided on a circuit board. This protection circuit allows for sharing a protection device regardless of the current rating... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070152626 - Method for regulating an electric boat motor: The invention relates to a method for regulating an electric boat motor, which is supplied with current by a battery, up to the maximum current being drawn from the battery, the battery voltage being measured and the maximum current being reduced if the battery voltage falls below a limit voltage.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070152628 - Ac/dc power line communication modem: An AC/DC power device for AC/DC power line communication is provided. An AC/DC protection circuit coupled to an AC/DC power line is able to receive an AC or DC power. An AC/DC configuration circuit coupled to the AC/DC protection circuit is used to switch between an AC mode and a... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc. Suite 250

20070152627 - Dynamic distribution device for battery power loop: A dynamic distribution device for a battery power loop is provided. The dynamic distribution device comprises a voltage sensing module, a power management logic, a power switch circuit, a buck loop and a boost loop. The voltage-sensing module is electrically connected to a battery and is adopted for sensing a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070152629 - Electronic equipment: Electronic equipment capable of removing a stain etc. formed on an electrode surface of a battery is disclosed. The electronic equipment comprises a battery chamber which houses a battery, and a battery contact member which is provided in the battery chamber and includes a contact portion contacting the battery housed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070152630 - Methods and devices for battery hot swapping: Disclosed are methods and devices in a battery powered electronic device (202) for hot swapping batteries, the battery powered electronic device having a battery holder (210) with a first connector (203) and a second connector (205), and having a first battery (204) in contact with both the first connector (203)... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070152631 - Battery pack and method of manufacturing the same: A battery pack, including a bare cell, a protection circuit board electrically connected to the bare cell, the protection circuit board including a checking unit to check whether the protection circuit board is operational, an upper case disposed on an upper side of the bare cell, the upper case having... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070152633 - Cradle for use with a portable electronic appliance and a portable electronic appliance set including the cradle: A cradle for use with a portable electronic appliance. The cradle includes a frame, including a mounting portion in which the portable electronic appliance is mounted, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature around the portable electronic appliance, a fan to cool down the portable electronic appliance, a power supplying... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070152632 - Charging apparatus with self cleaning charge and discharge zone: A charging unit including a charge contact and a spring in contact with the charge contact for charging a rechargeable device. The charge contact slidably engages with a charging surface of the rechargeable device and a spring connected to the charge contact applies a force to the charging surface as... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070152634 - Method of managing the supply of electrical power, an electrical power supply circuit, and a method of powering an appliance when cold: The present invention relates to a method of managing a supply of electrical power to an appliance that is delivered by means of at least a first battery and a second battery, said method comprising the following steps: powering the appliance by means of the first battery so long as... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070152635 - Battery cell count detector: A method and apparatus for detecting a number of battery cells in a battery pack is provided which includes an electronic detection circuit with a memory. The electronic detection circuit may be an electronic speed controller for a radio controlled model. The electronic speed controller measures the battery pack voltage... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20070152636 - Battery, equipment, and methods of putting such a battery and such equipment into a storage condition: The invention relates to a battery provided with a self-discharge circuit comprising an activation element for activating the self-discharge circuit and at least one current-consuming element connected to terminals of the battery via a connection member that can be actuated selectively to go into a self-discharge circuit connection state or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070152638 - Method for managing charge levels of batteries in a plurality of apparatuses: The invention relates to a method for managing charge levels of batteries in apparatuses, comprising the following steps receiving by a master apparatus from a slave apparatus a charge level signal indicative of a level of charge of a battery in the slave apparatus, displaying by the master apparatus a... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070152637 - Rechargeable lithium battery protection device: A rechargeable lithium battery protection device uses an external circuit to control charging or discharging a rechargeable lithium battery for preventing an overcharge or an overdischarge of the battery. The rechargeable lithium battery protection device includes a diagnostic circuit, a light coupling circuit, a balance circuit, and an identifier circuit.... Agent: Hdsl

20070152640 - Controller of electric vehicle: A controller in the electric vehicle is provided in which data which are criteria to determine a magnitude of degradation tendency of a high-voltage secondary cell are stored in a ROM in a high-voltage battery electrical controller. When it is detected that an ignition switch is turned off, the magnitude... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070152639 - Battery charger with temperature compensation: A battery charger and method for charging a battery are provided. The method includes comparing a battery temperature with an environmental temperature, charging the battery in a normal charge state if the battery temperature is greater than the environmental temperature and charging the battery in a warm charge state if... Agent: Brian C. Oakes Tyco Electronics