Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 03/08

20080067972 - Power supply system and motor car: A power supply system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The first battery module comprises a first nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode containing a carbonaceous material. The second battery module comprises a second nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080067974 - Electric car charging systems: This invention discloses a type of charging system for electric cars which includes an AC electric grid power supply system and an electric car charging equipment. The AC electric grid power supply system couples energy outputs to the electric car charging equipment; its characteristics are: it also includes an battery... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20080067973 - Motor driving apparatus capable of driving motor with reliability: DC/DC converter is connected directly to a main battery with no system relays intervening therebetween. The DC/DC converter drops and then supplies the voltage of a power supplied from the high voltage main battery to a subsidiary battery. A DC/DC converter control circuit receives a supply of the power from... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080067975 - Multi-battery charger: A multi-battery charger for at least one rechargeable battery includes a charger case, and a multi-battery charging module. The charger case includes a plurality of electrically neutral charging terminals spacedly provided thereon, and an electric input terminal adapted for electrically connecting with an external DC power source. The multi-battery charging... Agent: Hung Hi Law

20080067976 - Charging device for portable electronic product with charging circuit and portable electronic device: The present invention discloses a charging device for a portable electronic product with a charging circuit, including: a mechanical energy collecting device configured on a main body of the portable electronic product, adapted to collect and store part of mechanical energy of a user of the portable electronic product; a... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20080067977 - Push-up type portable charging cradle including stereo sound system: A push-up type portable charging cradle having a stereo sound system is disclosed. The portable charging cradle includes a cradle body and a push-up type cradle rotatably mounted in the cradle body so that the push-up type cradle protrudes from or retracts to the top surface of the cradle body... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080067978 - Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries: Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order. control device in the lowest potential, and a high order control device are connected by isolating units, photocouplers.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080067979 - Electronic apparatus and display method of remaining battery level: The electronic apparatus allows a user to arbitrarily set a display of a remaining battery level. The apparatus includes a detector which detects a remaining battery level of a battery, and a threshold-value-setting part which is operated by a user to set a threshold value for performing a display relating... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080067980 - Method and apparatus for using momentary switches in pulsed power applications: A capacitor based pulse forming network includes a plurality of inductors adapted to be coupled to a load, a plurality of capacitor units, and a plurality of switches. Each switch couples a respective capacitor unit to a respective inductor. Multiple capacitor units are coupled to each inductor by separate switches... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080061731 - Communication apparatus with a solar energy charging function: A communication apparatus with a solar energy charging function includes a main system and a display device movably and pivotally coupled to the main system to define a foldable mobile phone, and a solar panel is coaxially and pivotally coupled to a pivotal connecting position of the display device and... Agent: Hdsl

20080061732 - Communication device charged with solar energy: A communication device charged by solar energy forms a foldable mobile phone by pivotably connecting a first pivot provided on one end of a host to a display. One end face of the display is provided with a second pivot. A solar plate is pivotably connected to the second pivot... Agent: Hdsl

20080061733 - Battery charger: High frequency power supplied to the primary coil from the high frequency power supply is transferred to the secondary coil by magnetic induction, and secondary coil AC is rectified to charge the battery pack housed in the portable electronic equipment. The battery charger is provided with internal batteries that are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080061734 - Battery pack, power tool, and charger with inductive coupling: A battery pack that makes a power tool easier to handle has a first element for a detachable mechanical and electrical coupling to a power tool and a second element by way of which an inductive coupling with a charger can be made.... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080061735 - Battery pack rechargeable by magnetic induction effect: A battery pack rechargeable by a magnetic induction effect incorporates a secondary coil electromagnetically coupled to a primary coil of a battery charger and a secondary battery rechargeable by electric power induced to the secondary coil. The secondary battery is in a form of a thin battery having a larger... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080061736 - Multi-functional cable: A multi-functional cable is provided, one side of the cable includes a first transmission port connected to a charger or a personal computer and used to transmit the electric power or the data. The other side of the cable includes a second transmission port and a third transmission port connect... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080061737 - 5 half d cell battery pack charger: Battery charging device is reported. The battery charger charges a 5 “half D” cell battery pack found in rechargeable flashlights. Prior, the only way to recharge the battery pack was with it inside the flashlight. By use of end caps to hold the battery pack, wiring, and a cigarette lighter... Agent: Gary M. Johnson

20080061738 - Battery pack, and assembly of battery pack and motor-driven tool or charger: A battery pack has a housing, a battery cell containing part which is provided in the housing and contains battery cells, a plurality of first terminals which are electrically connected to the battery cell containing part, a plurality of second terminals through which control signals for controlling at least one... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080061739 - Portable charging device capable of outputting voltage: A portable charging device capable of outputting voltage comprises a charger base, a power supply and a solar panel. The power supply and the solar panel are insertable into the charger base for inputting voltage to the charger base. The charger base is designed for charging rechargeable batteries and supplying... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080061740 - Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries: Lower order control devices-control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order control device are connected by isolating units, photocouplers. Diodes... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080061741 - Power supply device: A power supply device includes battery equipment and voltage detecting circuitry. The battery equipment includes positive-side and negative-side battery blocks that are connected to each other at a reference midpoint. The voltage detecting circuitry detects the respective voltage values of serially-connected battery modules of the battery equipment. The voltage detecting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080061742 - Power tool: A power tool 1 is connected to a battery pack 5 including an overcurrent detector 533 which detects overcurrent of a battery module 51 and outputs a detection signal, and an overdischarge detector 532 which detects overdischarge of the battery module 51 and outputs a detection signal. The power tool... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080061743 - Delay time generation circuit, semiconductor device for protecting secondary batteries using delay time generation circuit, battery pack, and electronic device: A delay time generation circuit is disclosed that includes a counter circuit composed of plural cascade-connected flip-flop circuits for counting a pulse number of an input clock signal and uses as a delay time signal an inverse signal of an output of the last stage or a predetermined stage of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080061744 - Portable information recording /reproduction device: According to one embodiment, in order to manage the remaining capacity of a secondary battery of an information recording/reproduction device, the remaining capacity of the secondary battery which supplies electric power to the whole device including a storage medium is monitored in accordance with current supply capacity and in accordance... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080061745 - Differential amplifier circuit and electric charge control apparatus using differential amplifier circuit: A differential amplifier circuit comprises a first input transistor including a control electrode serving as a non-inversion input terminal and a second input transistor including a control electrode serving as an inversion input terminal. These first and second input transistors constitute a difference pair. A bias current generation circuit section... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080061746 - Capacitor charging apparatus: A capacitor charging apparatus includes a transformer and an output capacitor charged with current flowing through a secondary coil of the transformer, and charges the output capacitor by performing a switching control of a switching transistor provided on a path leading to a primary coil of the transformer. A switching... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080054842 - Battery pack and power receiving device: A battery pack that is charged with power generated in an external power generator and supplies battery power to an external load in parallel with the external power generator, and a power receiving device of a portable electronic device that receives and supplies battery power to an external load in... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080054844 - Dehumidifying device for rechargeable electronic equipment: A device associates an enclosing capsule in which will be fitted electronic equipment requiring dehumidification, and a medium-to-low voltage converter to recharge electronic equipment. Heat energy released by the coil in the converter will lead to a free thermal exchange of air between the inside and the outside of the... Agent: Perman & Green

20080054843 - Linear battery charger: A linear battery chargers is disclosed which comprises a current generator, a current detector, an operational amplifier, and a multiplexing device. The current generator provides current to charge a battery module, and the current is detected and transformed to a detected voltage by the current detector. The operational amplifier has... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080054845 - Battery charger with electroluminescent panel: A battery charger with electroluminescent panel primary comprises a battery charger, an electroluminescent panel and a housing. The electroluminescent panel is connected to a battery charger and having a driving controller and cables of driver circuit, the battery charger having a charger controller and cables of charger circuit, and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080054846 - Charging control system for lithium battery: A charging control system for lithium battery is provided, and it detects the existing voltage of the charging lithium battery by a voltage detector and passes this voltage value to a microprocessor preset in the hand-held apparatus. Thus, the microprocessor can decide the applicable charge stage and confirm the status... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080054847 - Battery characterization technique: The present invention provides a system and method for operating a rechargeable battery, the system comprising: current maintaining device for maintaining a predetermined current to the rechargeable battery until the rechargeable battery reaches a predetermined maximum voltage; voltage maintaining device for maintaining a predetermined voltage to the rechargeable battery until... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080054848 - Battery management system and method of driving the same: A battery management system that estimates an internal impedance of a battery, a method of driving the same, a device that estimates an internal impedance of a battery, and a method of estimating the internal impedance of a battery. A method of driving a battery management system that estimates the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080054850 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system for managing a battery including a plurality of battery cells and a driving method are provided. The system includes a sensor, and a main control unit (MCU). The sensor senses a voltage and a current of the battery. The MCU receives the voltage and the current... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080054849 - Battery pack and manufacturing method thereof: A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes: a core pack including a bare cell, and a protective circuit member attached on a side of the bare cell; a housing case for covering at least a portion of the protective circuit member of the core pack, and where a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080054852 - Charging system and charging method: According to one embodiment, a charging system comprises a charging device including a converter for converting a commercial AC current into a DC current and a switching unit for supplying the DC current from the converter through a wiring path to exterior to open and close the wiring path according... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080054851 - Terminal device: A technology for charging the battery of a terminal device with efficiency. In a wireless game controller, a charge control unit supplies electric power from an external power supply to a battery. A communication management unit receives a drive request signal to a vibrating motor. A motor control unit supplies... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080054853 - Software based thermal charging regulation loop: The present invention implements a software controlled thermal feedback system for battery charging circuitry in portable devices, specifically in cellular telephones. The charging hardware block is integrated into a mixed-signal analog base-band (ABB) circuit. In addition to standard function controls, integrated within the ABB are silicon temperature sensors used to... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20080054854 - Charger: A charger for charging a second battery is provided. The charger includes a charging circuit, a charging interface, the charger further comprise an audio interface, a switch and a sound output device. The switch used for connecting an audio interface to a charging circuit or a sound output device. When... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080054855 - Circuits and methods for controlling power in a battery operated system: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods of controlling power in battery operated systems. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a switching regulator for boosting voltage on a depleted battery to power up a system. The system may communicate with an external system to increase the current... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC