Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 09/07

20070222410 - Method and device for recharging using portable multi-voltage solar cell: A portable solar cell charger and methods of charging electronic devices using the same are disclosed. A portable solar cell charger comprises at least one solar cell plate holding a plurality of solar cells; a film with reformed surface formed on the solar cell plate; a power control part supplying... Agent: Venable LLP

20070222411 - Method and device tolerant to direct current source fluctuation for pulse charging a battery: p

20070222413 - Electric vehicle: The present invention provides an electric vehicle including a high-voltage power source at least including a first power source; a low-voltage battery that is supplied with electric power from the high-voltage power source through a converter; an auxiliary vehicle controller for controlling a high-voltage contactor with electric power supplied from... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070222412 - Device and method for the automatic regulation of the charging of an electrochemical generator: A device controlling the charging of a plurality of electrochemical generators, comprising at least two sets of electrochemical generators (1) connected in parallel to a charger, each connection of a set to the charger comprising a branch of the circuit equipped with the device according to the invention. This control... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070222414 - Battery jumper: A battery jumper for a battery having a battery terminal at a terminal side edge thereof includes a battery station, a recharging circuit, and a resilient unit. The battery station has a battery shoe adapted for coupling the terminal side edge of the battery to retain the battery in position.... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070222415 - Method and apparatus for extending battery life in regulated voltage applications: A technique is disclosed for more fully utilizing the full voltage range of a battery driven battery output voltage when the battery output voltage is provided through voltage regulation circuitry. More particularly, when the battery output voltage drops to a level that is insufficient to support the desired output of... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20070222416 - Charger for lithium ion secondary battery, and method of charging the same: A charger for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a series circuit of a reverse-current preventive switch, a charging switch and a current-detecting resistor, connected between the battery and the ground a charging control circuit controlling the reverse-current preventive switch and the charging switch, so as to make the battery... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070222417 - Single unit protection circuit module and battery pack using the same: A protection circuit module includes a printed circuit board in which at least one wiring pattern is formed, a conductive pad that is coupled to a wiring pattern of the printed circuit board, and is electrically coupled to a rechargeable battery, and a semiconductor package that is soldered on the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070222418 - Method for managing a pool or rechargeable batteries: The management of a pool of batteries is an intelligent management taking account of the state of health of all the batteries of the pool and of the evolution thereof with time. The method for managing includes determination of priority criteria and charging of a battery selected according to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070222419 - Battery charge temperature control: A system for charging a rechargeable battery supplies a current to the battery to charge the battery. The system determines a temperature associated with the battery and identifies a cutoff parameter based on the determined temperature. The system determines when the supplied current matches a value corresponding to the cutoff... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070222420 - Charging circuit for secondary battery: A charging circuit for a secondary battery includes a constant-voltage circuit part outputting one of a plurality of predetermined constant voltages and charges the secondary battery by applying the constant voltage thereto, a detection circuit part detecting a battery voltage of the secondary battery, and a control circuit part controlling... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070216346 - Battery charger: A battery charger comprises a charging base having an output jacket, an input jacket, and a plurality of battery slots; and a solar panel attached to the charging base above the battery slots via a cover, wherein a pivotal rotation device is connectedly mounted between the solar panel and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070216348 - Electric power supply system and electric power supply system for motor vehicle: To provide for a movable electronic device a power receiving device that when charging a battery, simplifies charging of the battery from a power feeder, which is a power supply means, and does not have faults due to an external factor relating to a relay terminal, or damage of the... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070216347 - Charging system for legged mobile robot: A charging system for a legged mobile robot that facilitates positioning of a robot to be charged and does not put a load on the robot is provided. The charging system includes a battery 2, a power receiving connector 4 and a movable shutter member 5 capable of being opened... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070216349 - Charging apparatus: A charging apparatus includes a battery pack, which includes a cell voltage detection unit outputting a signal if a detected cell voltage is not smaller than V1, and a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the battery pack; and a charger, which includes a charging control circuit and a pack... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070216350 - Charging apparatus: A charging device for charging battery packs includes charging terminals including a first charging terminal to be connected to an electrode of a first battery pack and a second charging terminal to be connected to an electrode of a second battery pack. Here, the first and the second battery pack... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070216351 - Rechargeable battery device: Charging and discharging lines for a rechargeable battery are arranged independently from each other, and as a protection circuit for the rechargeable battery, there are provided a nonreturn-type switch (for example, thermo-fuse with an internal heater) that is interposed in the charging line in series and interrupts the charging line... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070216352 - Cell phone charging stand: Cell phone charging stand with a plurality of modular hollow housings, each including an upwardly facing cell phone receiving receptacle, the modular housings capable of attaching to each other to form a line of housings. A name plate retaining pocket is located on the front surface of each modular housing.... Agent: Thomas Shaddle

20070216353 - Multifunction charger system and method: An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple... Agent: Research In Motion, Ltd

20070216355 - Apparatus and method for managing power of battery packs in a portable device: To manage power of battery packs, charging currents and remaining capacities of the battery packs may be detected. An order for charging and discharging the battery packs may be determined based on the charging currents. The battery packs may be charged or discharged in the determined order based on whether... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070216356 - Integrated circuit for controlling charging, charging device using the integrated circuit, and method for detecting connection of secondary battery: An integrated circuit for charging a secondary battery including a charge current detection circuit detecting a charge current output from a charging transistor, and generating a signal including the charge current information; a voltage comparison circuit comparing a voltage of the battery with one or more predetermined voltages, and generating... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070216357 - Charging control semiconductor integrated circuit and secondary battery charging apparatus using the same: A charging control semiconductor integrated circuit used in a charging apparatus for a secondary battery includes first and second terminals. The first terminal is configured to output a control signal to a first charging transistor in the charging apparatus. The second terminal is configured to output a control signal to... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070216354 - Field expandable battery systems and related methods: Field expandable battery pack systems and related methods are disclosed that allow for increased battery life while reducing cost and still meeting shipping regulations. In part, the expanded battery system includes a primary battery having a battery management unit (BMU) and additional expansion batteries that couple to the primary battery... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20070216358 - Device and method for controlling input to a rechargeable battery: A controller for a rechargeable battery that improves the recovering efficiency of the energy used to charge the rechargeable battery and prevents the life of the rechargeable battery from being shortened by overcharging. The controller includes a voltage measurement unit for measuring terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery and a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070216359 - Pulse charging apparatus: A pulse charger perform fine control of a charging current according to a battery voltage. The pulse charger includes a switch that turns a charging current from an external power supply on and off. A current detector detects charging current using a current detection resistor. An averaging section averages the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070216360 - Battery control system and method: A battery control for an electric motor powered device such as a golf car that includes a battery control and charging method that prolongs the life of the battery by controlling the method and rate of charging and discharging and preventing charging when it could be detrimental to the battery,.... Agent: Ernest A. Beutler

20070216367 - Method and device for determining characteristics of an unknown battery: An apparatus for determining a rate of charge/discharge, C rate, or state of charge, SOC, of a battery having unknown characteristics comprises a circuit for applying at least a two-pulse current load to said battery. A change in voltage, ΔV, resulting from the application of the second or a subsequent... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070216366 - Method for judging service life of primary battery: A method for judging a service life of a primary battery is disclosed, in which, by using a battery pack having a built-in microcomputer, a primary lithium battery is discharged at a given time, a voltage of the primary lithium battery is measured at the time of discharge, and such... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070216364 - Automatic road charging system based only on satellite navigation with guaranteed performance and method for its analysis and design: m

20070216365 - Battery pack, and residual capacity information feeding device therefor: A battery residual capacity information feeding device is disclosed. The device includes: residual capacity holding means for holding the battery residual capacity of a battery pack; temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature in the battery pack; and residual capacity correcting means for generating a correction quantity of the battery... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070216363 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus includes: a storage section for storing AC adapter capacity identification information with which a rated power capacity of an AC adapter which can supply power to the apparatus can be identified; a first outputting section for outputting the above mentioned AC adapter capacity... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070216362 - Method of indicating consumption of utility services with multi-level pricing: A method of indicating consumption of utility services with multi-level pricing. In the method, a rating system is created that is determined by the pattern of electric usage for different time periods. The rating has an arbitrarily set point level for each time period, each of the levels corresponding inversely... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20070216361 - System and method for battery calibration in portable computing devices: Described is a method which includes a step of initiating a calibration state of a battery status system. The calibration state including charging a battery to a first threshold value; discharging the battery to a second threshold value; and calibrating the battery status system based on the first and second... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070216368 - Cell balancing system: Referring to FIG. 1, a cell balancing system of the present invention is shown and generally designated 100. System 100 includes a number of battery cells 102 in electrical communication with a safety circuit 104. In a preferred embodiment, the safety circuit 104 is included in an application specific semiconductor... Agent: Wallace G. Walter

20070216369 - Maximum energy transfer through cell isolation and discharge: A battery system includes a multi-cell battery pack in electrical communication with a load. The voltages of each cell are individually monitored by the microcontroller, such as with a high-impedance input terminal. Across each of the cells is a transistor-resistor combination such that by providing a voltage to the gate... Agent: Wallace G. Walter

20070216370 - Charging circuit: An exemplary charging circuit (200) includes for charging a load component (210) includes a power supply unit (220), a feedback circuit, and a sampling resistor (230). The power supply unit includes a pulse width modulation circuit (221) and a power output terminal (222) configured to output a direct current supply.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070216371 - Cooling system of battery pack for vehicle: Disclosed herein is a cooling system for vehicle battery packs, which is constructed such that an intake duct for introducing a coolant, such as air, which cools a battery pack, into the battery pack from a predetermined region is not included, air existing inside a vehicle at a region around... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070210743 - Reprogramming system and electronic control unit for hybrid vehicle: A reprogramming system such as an electric control unit (ECU) mounted on a hybrid vehicle so controls that an auxiliary battery is charged from the main battery when a voltage of the auxiliary battery is lower than an executable voltage which is a necessary voltage of adequately performing a reprogramming... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070210742 - Temperature compensation in recharging of batteries: Temperature compensation methods and equipment for charging electric storage batteries are described. Control over battery charging includes measurement of battery temperature at the commencement of a charging event, and use of inflection analysis of a charger voltage-time curve to detect the attainment of a distinctive signal point in the event.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070210744 - Adapter for a power tool battery: An adapter electrically connectable to a battery pack, with a first portion for attachment to a power tool, the first portion having a shroud and at least one upwardly-extending terminal pin at least partly surrounded by the shroud, and a second portion for slidably receiving the battery pack, at least... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20070210745 - Adapter kit to replace or enhance battery configurations: A device is disclosed herein for providing AC power to a toy, flashlight, stationary device, or similar load normally powered by one or more disposable batteries. The device comprises a substitute cell adapted for insertion in the toy in place of the battery normally used. The substitute cell includes a... Agent: David W. Carrithers Carrithers Law Office, PLLC

20070210746 - Battery pack, method of manufacturing battery pack, and method of controlling battery pack: A battery pack having a plurality of electrically connected unit cells and configured so that the cells degrade at similar rates is provided. The battery pack may comprise a first unit cell and a second unit cell, wherein a temperature of the second unit cell is lower than the first... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070210750 - Power supply device and power supplying method for power supply device: A power supply device comprises: a battery; a charging part charging the battery; a power input to receive one of adapter power from an adapter supplied with external power, or power output from a similarly configured power supply device; a power output part to output one of the adapter power,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070210747 - Battery charger: A A battery charger (100) includes a base (102) which selectively receives first (104a) and second (104b) battery pods. The battery pods (104a, 104b), which are adapted to receive one or more batteries (212) for charging, have a form factor which facilitates the handling of the pods (104) and the... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070210749 - Portable charger: A portable charger has a body, a rechargeable battery and a controller. The rechargeable battery is mounted inside the body and has a power capacity. The controller is mounted inside the body, is connected electrically to the rechargeable battery and has a power input unit, a power output unit and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070210748 - Power supply and electronic device having integrated power supply: An integrated power supply, an integrated battery charger and a portable electronic device with an integrated power supply are described.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070210752 - Battery module having simple-structure safety device: Disclosed herein is a medium- or large-sized battery module having a plurality of battery cells (unit cells), wherein the battery module is constructed in a structure in which detection units for detecting physical operation state of the battery cells are mounted to the respective battery cells, the detection units are... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070210751 - Battery system power path configuration and methods for implementing same: A battery system may be provided with a battery charge current path that is different from the battery discharge current path of the battery system, for example, by providing no controlled charge circuitry (e.g., providing no C-FETs) in the discharge current path of the battery system to avoid the power... Agent: William W. Enders O'keefe, Egan & Peterman

20070210753 - Adding a second battery to the equipment of any vehicle which requires a battery to start the engine: This invention is simply to add a second battery to any vehicle which requires a battery to start the engine. It is simply a reserve source of energy for the times when the primary battery of a vehicle for whatever reason has lost it's charge and needs a boost to... Agent: Anthony Edwards #153

20070210754 - Information terminal and battery remaining capacity calculating method: An information terminal driven by a battery disclosed herein comprises: a voltage detector configured to detect a battery voltage which is a voltage of the battery; a drive unit configured to be driven upon receiving a supply of a power source from the battery; a load calculator configured to calculate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070210756 - Charging controller for performing constant current and voltage modes: A charging controller includes a control node having a control voltage generated thereon for controlling a first current to a charged device and a second current to a reference device. Feedback loops are formed with amplifiers and a pull-up current source and control transistors, or with amplifiers and transfer transistors,... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070210755 - Gate driver for a battery pack: Apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for battery management. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes enabling determining if a charger is coupled to a battery system. The battery system includes one more cells and a charge enable transistor. The method also includes substantially fully... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070210757 - Deep under voltage recovery in a battery pack: In one implementation, a method for charging a battery system is provided. The method includes enabling determining if a charger is coupled to a battery system, the battery system including one or more cells and a charge enable transistor. The method also includes enabling determining if a voltage level of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070210759 - Charge/discharge protection circuit and power-supply unit: Provided is a charge/discharge protection circuit, which has a simple circuit configuration using a double-throw semiconductor switching device and is capable of recovering from a state where charging/discharging is inhibited with the double-throw semiconductor switching device being turned off. The charge/discharge protection circuit includes a charge/discharge control circuit which is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070210758 - Power surge filtering in over-current and short circuit protection: A battery pack can include one or more battery cells, current blocking transistors and a battery management system. The disclosed implementations handle over-currents drawn from the battery cells that cause unstable operation of the battery management system. The over-currents are handled without causing an undesired drop in voltage output from... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070210760 - Battery, assembled battery unit, vehicle equipped with battery, and battery voltage adjusting method: A battery is basically provided with an electricity generating element and a discharging section. The electricity generating element has a plurality of electric cells connected in series. The discharging section constantly discharges electricity from each of the electric cells at a prescribed discharge rate so that a voltage in each... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070210761 - Capacitor control system: Capacitor unit and capacitor control system used in high output power source are reduced in size. A capacitor unit (1) controlled by the capacitor control system is divided into capacitor blocks (3) formed of a specified number of capacitors (2) connected in series, and each capacitor block (3) is provided... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070210762 - Control, detection apparatus of power of network and detection method: A method for detecting a capacitive load circuit of a remote powered device in a communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes the power source device being coupled to the remote powered device by a cable. the method comprises: providing a first current to the capacitive load circuit of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070205744 - Portable mobile phone charger: A mobile phone charger for charging a mobile phone through a power cord adapter. The mobile phone charger includes a housing unit which has a receptacle mounted therein for receiving the power cord adapter. A power source placed in the housing unit is electrically connected to the receptacle to electrically... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070205745 - Battery management system and method: A battery management system for managing a plurality of subsystem circuits and functions of a mobile communication device powered by a battery is disclosed. The battery management system includes a battery monitoring circuit a user interface, and a battery management module. The battery monitoring circuit is operable to monitor a... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20070205746 - System for controlling charge/discharge of secondary battery, battery controller, and computer-readable medium: In a charging/discharging control system for controlling an allowable power level of a secondary battery at the time of charging/discharging operations, excessive discharging or recharging of the secondary battery is prevented, and excessive suppression of the charging/discharging of the secondary battery is prevented. A vehicle ECU controls charging/discharging of the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC