Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 11/07

20070273325 - Power station with built in battery charger: A power station is provided. The power station may be designed as a versatile, portable power station addressing the most common needs of power for a consumer. The power station preferable can provide DC power, AC power, portable battery charging capability, and other power providing capabilities.... Agent: Vector Products, Inc. Robert Powell

20070273326 - Charger with internal battery for charging portable batteries: A charger for charging portable batteries includes a housing, an internal battery charging circuit disposed in the housing and adapted to be couple to external power, an internal rechargeable battery disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the internal charging circuit, and a portable battery charging compartment supported by... Agent: Venable LLP

20070273327 - Rechargeable battery assembly: A rechargeable battery assembly comprises a built in connector, circuitry to provide charge control, at least one rechargeable battery unit, and circuitry providing a further function. The battery assembly is mechanically reversible between a deployed configuration having a general form and functions of a conventional battery format and a charge... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070273328 - Battery pack: A battery pack adapted to automatically intercept a charge and discharge path when the temperature of a battery increases to no less than a reference temperature during a charging and/or discharging of the battery to improve stability and reliability. The battery pack includes at least one rechargeable battery; at least... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070273329 - Storage battery unit: A storage battery unit (1) including a storage battery (2) and a monitoring device (3) that monitors a state of the storage battery using an output of the storage battery as an input, wherein, in order to prevent the monitoring device from consuming electric power in a state before use... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070273330 - Battery-recharging device: A battery-recharging device (6), which can also be used as a battery pack exhibitor (5), blister-packaged, in sales points, comprising a support (1, 17, 51), which includes a series of seats or housings (2, 18) for the connection and linking of packs of batteries (5) on sale; a pair of... Agent: James V. Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070273331 - Toothbrush: A combination of an electrically powered toothbrush incorporating an electric power supply which comprises a capacitor, and a charging unit which incorporates one or more replaceable or rechargeable battery cells, enabling recharging of the capacitor without connection to the main electricity supply.... Agent: Smithkline Beecham Corporation Corporate Intellectual Property-us, Uw2220

20070273332 - Lithium battery pack: In a battery pack which comprises: a battery set 2 composed of two or more lithium battery cells 21 connected in series; a first protection circuit 32 including a first voltage detect part 321 for detecting the voltage(s) of a part of the two or more battery cells, and a... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070273333 - Complete discharge device: An apparatus and method for completely discharging a battery by use of a tab that initiates activation of a discharging circuit when the tab is pulled out of the battery case. The tab is operatively coupled with the actuator of a switch which in turn is coupled to a discharging... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070273334 - Method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries: A method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries. In some aspects, a battery charger includes a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, and a controller operable to provide a charging current to the battery pack through the at least... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20070273335 - Method and circuit for using polarized device in ac applications: Polarized electric charge storage devices economically provide high available capacitance. The present invention directly employs polarized electrical charge storage (PECS) devices such as polarized capacitors or electrochemical batteries in general AC applications with a novel circuit topology. In one embodiment, an anti-series configuration of first and second PECS devices are... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070267997 - Vehicle-mounted power supply system, vehicle-mounted generator, and controller for the generator: P

20070267998 - Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods: A method for energy management in a robotic device includes providing a base station for mating with the robotic device, determining a quantity of energy stored in an energy storage unit of the robotic device, and performing a predetermined task based at least in part on the quantity of energy... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070267999 - Multi-chemistry chargers: A multi-chemistry charger system includes a charger in electrical connection with an analysis station, a battery port formed with a receiver cup sized to receive and establish electrical connection with battery pack. Charger also is in electrical communication with a network system having network components, such as remote computer or... Agent: Wallace G. Walter

20070268000 - Battery pack management apparatus: The battery pack management apparatus for managing a battery pack having a series connection of battery cells is provided with a management unit for each of unit batteries each of which includes a single battery cell or a plurality of adjacent battery cells included in said battery pack. The battery... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070268001 - Power management system: A power management system for supplying power to an output circuit comprising a plurality of rechargeable batteries, a conversion means for converting a supply voltage to a battery voltage to enable charging of one or more of the rechargeable batteries and switch means to enable a selected battery of the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070262746 - Hybrid-typed battery pack operated in high efficiency: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a module assembly consisting of two or more unit modules having different outputs and capacities, a detection unit for detecting the current and/or the voltage of the battery pack and transmitting the detected current signal and/or the detected voltage signal to a control... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262745 - Prefabricated pcm and battery pack containing the same: Disclosed herein is a protection circuit module (PCM) including a protection circuit for controlling overcharge, overdischarge, and overcurrent of a battery. The protection circuit module includes a pair of connecting members, which are mounted to a rectangular lower end of the PCM and electrically connected to a protection circuit, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262748 - Power source apparatus: A voltage difference is developed between the negative input side 2c and the negative output side 2d of the voltage boost circuit 2, the negative input side 2c is connected to the negative side of the power source 5, and the negative output side 2d is connected to the negative... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070262747 - Charger having output voltage regulating function: A charger for a motorized tool includes a filter circuit, a rectifier circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWN) circuit, a transformer circuit, and a sensing circuit. Thus, the sensing circuit captures partial of the output voltage to compare with a reference voltage to obtain an error signal between the output... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070262750 - Battery management system and method of operating same: A battery management system and a method of operating the same includes a plurality of battery cells constituting one pack and connected to a battery having at least one pack, and determines an estimated state of charge (SOC) of the battery. The battery management system determines whether or not a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070262749 - Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle battery charging: An electrical charging strategy and system for a high voltage electrical energy storage system able to supply electrical energy to a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The system charges the electrical energy storage system so state-of-charge at the end of a trip is substantially unchanged. The strategy and system employs opportunity... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070262751 - Method of selecting replacement inidcating voltage for an implantable electrochemical cell: A method for providing an elective replacement indicator (ERI) voltage for a first implantable electrochemical cell, comprising the steps of providing a second, substantially identical exemplary electrochemical cell; repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the second cell to a sequence of at least three loads, thereby discharging the second cell from a... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070257635 - Method of charging rechargeable battery and protection circuit for rechargeable battery: A method for charging a rechargeable battery, and a protection circuit for the rechargeable battery. The protection circuit perceives whether the battery is charged or not by sensing the voltage of the bare cell, changes the direct voltage applied between a gate electrode and a source electrode of a charging... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070257634 - Self-powered portable electronic device: The present invention is directed to devices, systems, and methods having energy harvesting capabilities for self-powering portable electronic devices. The energy harvesting system preferably includes piezoelectric ceramic fibers that harvest mechanical energy to provide electrical energy or power to operate one or more features of the portable electronic device. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070257636 - Holster for charging pectorally implanted medical devices: A holster that may be donned in a first configuration for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on the patient's right side, a second configuration for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on the patient's left side, or a third configuration for use as a waist belt for charging a... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070257637 - Battery compartment adaptor for night vision goggles: An assembly of components for modifying a battery compartment to allow the use of batteries of a size other than originally designed. The assembly includes a hollow, electrically conductive, cylindrical adaptor, a first end of which is internally threaded for attachment to the existing battery compartment and a second end... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20070257638 - Twist lock battery interface for cordless power tools: A battery pack attachment arrangement comprising a tool having a housing defining a hollow area and an opening into the hollow area. A first support track is defined within the housing hollow area. The first support track has a ramped surface extending between a first portion adjacent a first axial... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070257639 - Battery charge device: A device suitable for charging a battery includes at least a first and a second transistor. The transistors are connected to an input voltage and have output terminals; the output terminal of the first transistor is connected to the battery. The device comprises a circuit for driving the transistors and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070257640 - Battery monitor circuit: A battery monitor circuit. The circuit includes a control module, a resistive load having a resistive value between a first and a second terminals and a part of that resistive value between the first and an intermediate terminals, a switch configured to couple the full load between circuit input and... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070257641 - Automotive battery state monitor apparatus: A voltage control apparatus checks a battery voltage when an automotive generator gradually increases its output to be within a predetermined range after temporarily stopping the generator. Then, the battery voltage is picked up to calculate the charge rate. Further, a first charge rate and a first residual capacity of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070257642 - Battery cell monitoring and balancing circuit: A monitoring circuit for monitoring a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack includes a plurality of temperature sensors, an analog to digital converter (ADC) and a processor. The plurality of temperature sensors is used for sensing temperatures of the plurality of battery cells and outputting a plurality of... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20070252552 - Power management system and method: A power management system comprises a power management module configured to receive a requested duration for powering an electronic device by a battery, the power management module configured to control use of power-consuming elements of the electronic device based on a prioritization of the power-consuming elements to enable powering of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252553 - Battery charging systems: A system for charging a power tool battery includes a charging device capable of charging a battery, a memory device capable of storing data of a plurality of sound patterns, a selecting device capable of selecting a sound pattern data from the plurality of sound patterns, and a sound generating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252554 - Battery update system: A system for updating battery software includes a programmable battery unit that includes an internal access point. The programmable battery unit includes a battery control unit that controls the overall functionality of the programmable battery unit. A programmable storage medium may be included on the battery control unit. The storage... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070252555 - Method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells a test instrument is connected: A method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells between a pair of busses a test instrument is connected. Knowing the average voltage of the battery cells in the string, the voltage from one of the busses to the side furthest from that... Agent: David L. Davis, Esq.

20070252556 - System and method for interconnection of battery packs: A system and method interconnects battery packs using a flexible bus bar to prevent vibration from breaking or damaging the connections therebetween.... Agent: Innovation Partners

20070252557 - Method of charging a battery, and a corresponding charger and battery: The present invention relates to a method of charging a battery having internal resistance, the method including the step of feeding the battery with substantially constant charging current at a charging voltage that is regulated so as to compensate at least in part for the voltage drop generated by the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252558 - Charging device for battery: Abnormal detecting means 112 for detecting that an electrically conductive foreign substance has migrated into a charging device 1 is provided, and whether or the foreign substance has migrated is judged from the detection result of the abnormal detecting means 112.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070252559 - Motor vehicle supply system comprising a voltage transformer: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle electrical system, comprising a generator, a battery, a starter and a high-capacity capacitor for storing electric energy for the starting process of a motor vehicle engine. The electrical system further comprises a voltage transformer and an interrupter which are connected in parallel... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.