Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 06/08

20080150472 - Electrical energy generating apparatus: An electrical energy generating apparatus includes a hollow pipe, permanent magnetic fluid held in the hollow pipe, a ferrite film wrapped around the hollow pipe, a heat source receiving device joined to a portion of the hollow pipe, and an induction coil wound around the hollow pipe; the induction coil... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080150473 - Emergency appliance system: A portable emergency appliance comprises a housing and an integrated power source. A retractable handle extends from the housing between a first position and a second position. Retractable cables are connected to the power source and are removably connectable to the retractable handle, such that the cables are secured by... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080150474 - Cordless power tool battery charging and analyzing system: A cordless power tool battery pack including an onboard circuit configured to electronically communicate with an associated battery charging system and an associated battery analyzing system. The onboard circuit communicates information relating to the battery pack to a microprocessor or the like within the battery charging system and charging of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080150476 - Battery charger operating \"all or nothing\" with a protective power supply circuit for monolithic integrated circuits using the antenna energy: The invention concerns an integrated radiofrequency circuit (1) including an antenna (2) for receiving radiofrequency signals, a rechargeable battery (3) and a battery charger (5) using said radiofrequency signals to charge said battery. The circuit is characterized in that said battery charger is integrated in the same substrate as the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, Pc

20080150477 - Battery residual quantity display method and electronic equipment: A battery pack detachably connectable to an equipment body to supply power to the equipment body, the battery pack including a battery cell, a microcomputer for communicating with the equipment body, a connection terminal connected to the microcomputer, a positive power supply input terminal connected to a cathode of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080150475 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device which can operate normally even when the communication distance is extremely short, and which stores excess electric power which is not needed for circuit operation of the semiconductor device when a large amount of electric power is supplied thereto. The following are included: an antenna; a first... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20080150478 - Wireless scanner system, head and method: A scanning system includes a scanner head that scans along a scan path back and forth across a web. The scanner head is wireless and gets its operating power from an on-board electrical energy storage device, such as a battery or a capacitor. The scanner head docks to a charging... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080150479 - Electric charging device for portable terminal: An electric charging device for a portable terminal includes a charging circuit and a switching unit electrically connected with the charging circuit, in which the switching unit turns on/off power supplied to the charging circuit according to whether the electric charging device is connected to the portable terminal or a... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080150480 - Video game controller charging system: A video game controller charging system is provided. The video game controller charging system includes a base; at least one structure on the base for providing physical support to at least one video game controller while it is being charged; and at least one DC port on the base configured... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080150481 - Device for locking a battery pack in a guide of a power tool: The invention relates to a device for locking a battery pack (6) in a guide (10) in an electric tool (4), whereby the battery pack (6), on insertion into the guide (10), may first be displaced into a front locking position, in which the same is locked to the electric... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20080150482 - Magnetic holder for rechargeable devices: A charger cradle used for charging a battery of a portable electrical device. An electromagnetic device is disposed within the charger cradle proximate a metal piece of the cordless handset when the cordless handset is placed in a receiving portion of the charger cradle. The electromagnetic device generates a magnetic... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080150483 - Electrical storage apparatus for use in auxiliary power supply supplying electric power from electric storage device upon voltage drop of main power supply: In an electrical storage apparatus including an electric storage device connected between a main power supply and a load, a first bypass FET and a bypass diode which are connected in series between the main power supply and the load are provided, and first and second main path FETs connected... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080150484 - Modular system for unattended energy generation and storage: An apparatus and method for supplying energy to a load includes an energy recharge unit, an energy storage unit, an energy converter connected to the energy recharge unit, the energy converter being capable of transferring energy at a power level from the energy recharge unit to an output node, the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080150485 - Method of limiting the play back of multimedia content: A method of limiting the play back of multimedia content in a memory of a portable media player includes providing a non-rechargeable battery as a power source for the portable media player, and enclosing the battery within a housing such that the battery cannot be removed without damaging the portable... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080150486 - Battery having universal serial bus connector: A battery having a universal serial bus (USB) connector is provided. The battery includes a battery control circuit, a voltage regulator circuit, a USB connector, and a device connector. The battery control circuit is used for providing a power source. The voltage regulator circuit is coupled to the battery control... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080150487 - Battery pre-charging circuit: A battery pre-charging circuit. The pre-charging circuit comprises a pre-charging path, a pre-charging switch and a low-voltage pre-charging circuit. The pre-charging path is coupled between a charger and a battery for providing a pre-charging current from the charger to the battery. The pre-charging switch is coupled to the pre-charging path... Agent: O2micro Inc C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080150489 - Method of calculating remaining capacity of rechargeable battery: The invention discloses a method for precisely estimating the remaining capacity of a rechargeable battery in a practical system. To evaluate the remaining capacity of a battery through a calibrated current which is calculated from a predictable capacity close to the end of discharge or to the end of fill... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (main)

20080150488 - Power management circuit for battery pack: A power system for managing charging, discharging and protection of rechargeable batteries is disclosed. The power system mainly includes a power system. The power system includes a switching circuit coupled to the rechargeable batteries to charge and discharge the rechargeable batteries. The power system includes a power management unit to... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20080150490 - Controlling state of charge of a vehicle battery: A method of controlling a state of charge of a battery in a vehicle includes receiving a request to enter an enhanced charging mode. A target for the state of charge is increased from a normal operating target to at least one enhanced mode target. The state of charge may... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080150491 - Method of estimating the state-of-charge and of the use time left of a rechageable battery, and apparatus for executing such a method: Disclosed is a method of estimating the state-of-charge of a rechargeable battery, taking into account the factors battery spread and ageing. The method comprises the steps of: determining the starting state-of-charge of the battery by measuring the voltage across the battery and converting this measured value into a state-of-charge value;... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080150492 - Portable device with supercapacitor: A portable device includes a device engine operable to control functions of the portable device when the mobile communications device is on, a real-time clock operable to run when the portable device is on and when it is off, and terminals for connection to a removable battery, the terminals being... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080143291 - Communication apparatus with a solar energy charging function: A communication apparatus with a solar energy charging function includes a host and a display panel movably and pivotally coupled to the host to define a foldable mobile phone, and a solar panel is coaxially and pivotally coupled to a shaft of the host, such that the solar panel can... Agent: Hdsl

20080143292 - Hybrid vehicle with a low voltage solar panel charging a high voltage battery using a series charger to separately charge individual cells of the series connected battery: A series charger (80) is provided to charge a high voltage battery (42) in an electric vehicle with a low voltage solar panel (50). The series charger (80) provides switches (841, 842) to connect the terminals of solar panel (50) across individual battery cells (341-n) in series connected battery (42)... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080143290 - Multi-power charger and battery backup system: A multi-power charger comprises an internal battery, receptacles for connecting one or more external power sources, and output receptacles for connecting to an electronic device. A voltage selection circuit determines an operating voltage of the first device and selects a power supply source to supply the operating voltage the device.... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, Llc

20080143293 - Battery charger: A battery charger composed of a transformer, designed to be permanently attached to a local power source. The transformer can be mounted permanently so that the battery operated device can be directly plugged in to the mounted device. Alternatively, the transformer can be designed to plug into the local power... Agent: Kile Goekjian Reed & Mcmanus

20080143294 - Universal battery charger with adjustable pocket: A universal battery charger having an adjustable pocket for receiving batteries having differing dimensions. Each battery, regardless of their differing dimensions, may be firmly supported within the adjustable pocket and receive an electrical charge from a single set of electrical contacts exposed in the adjustable pocket. The adjustable pocket is... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080143295 - Solar powered street-lamp control circuit: A control circuit for regulating current supplied from a power source to at least one load. The control circuit has a current mirror circuit electrically coupled between the power source and the at least one load, and being capable of regulating current supplied from the power source to the at... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080143296 - Method and system for managing battery inventory: Provided are a method and a system for inventorying batteries. In exemplary embodiments, a computer assisted method for inventorying batteries includes identifying a battery string at a location and reading battery identification data associated with one or more batteries in the battery string which includes a battery voltage. After reading... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080143298 - Abnormality diagnostic device: An abnormality diagnostic device is configured to diagnose an abnormality in a battery pack having a plurality of cells connected in series. Each of a plurality of diagnostic voltage detecting circuits is configured to detect one of a voltage across a corresponding one of discharging circuits. An abnormality diagnostic control... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080143297 - Lithium battery pack management and system therefor: A method for supplying power from a battery pack includes monitoring an output voltage of a battery pack, where the battery pack comprises a number of fractions and determining whether the output voltage is below a predetermined threshold. The method further includes adding at least one fraction of the number... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080143299 - Battery maintenance: A battery maintenance system including a battery, an electrical pulsation device configured to supply electrical pulsation energy to the battery during at least one pulsation period, a battery charger configured to transfer electrical energy to the battery during at least one charging period and a schedule configured for scheduling operation... Agent: Thompson Hine L.l.p. Intellectual Property Group

20080143300 - Charge controlling circuit: A charge controlling circuit controls charging of a lithium-ion rechargeable battery. An electric power supplied from an external charger to the lithium-ion rechargeable battery is taken by a charging terminal. When the charging terminal is connected to the external charger, whether or not a charge prohibition condition is satisfied is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080143301 - Method and apparatus to maximize stored energy in ultracapacitor systems: The control system for an UltraCapacitor (or “SuperCapacitor) based energy storage system consists of a relay switch, a voltage up-converting device (e.g. DC-DC converter), regulated power supplies and a comparator circuit. The comparator circuit compares the storage system output voltage with a reference voltage, causing the storage system output to... Agent: Efficient Systems, Llc

20080136364 - Battery charging using thermoelectric devices: A charging system includes a first thermoelectric module (TEM) connectable to a power source, and a second TEM connectable to a rechargeable battery. The first TEM is configured as a Peltier device to receive power from the power source and provide a temperature gradient between two surfaces of the second... Agent: Thorne & Halajian Applied Technology Center

20080136365 - Dc transformer system: A DC transformer system comprises a power-generating device, a power storage device, and a DC boost circuit. The power-generating device transforms natural resources such as solar power and wind force into direct current power source. The direct current voltage outputted from the power-generating device can be stepped up directly from... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080136367 - Battery power delivery module: A system and method for digital management and control of power conversion from battery cells. The system utilizes a power management and conversion module that uses a CPU to maintain a high power conversion efficiency over a wide range of loads and to manage charge and discharge operation of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080136366 - Charging system for wireless mouse and charging method thereof: A charging system for a wireless mouse and charging method are disclosed. The system comprises a transceiver unit having a first charging module and a circuit, and a wireless mouse body having a second charging module and a control circuit. When the wireless mouse is in normal operation, the transceiver... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.c.

20080136368 - System and method of charging a battery in a power management unit: Exemplary methods and systems for charging a battery in a power management unit include a power regulator having an input power supply and a processor that regulates a charging rate of the battery based on measured parameters of the power regulator and the battery. The processor is programmed to perform... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080136370 - Charger and battery combination with retention arms and mating members: A charger and battery combination for recharging batteries has a pair of snap arms for retaining a battery within the pocket of the charger. When the battery is inserted into the charger pocket, the snap arms provide a downward force against the battery, thereby ensuring a sound electrical connection between... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080136369 - Charging device for hearing aid: The invention relates to a charging device for a battery-powered hearing aid, with said charging device having a housing with a cover and a holder for the hearing aid, with a contact element of a hearing aid being pressed, by a preload, against a charging contact of the charging device... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080136371 - Plug-in vehicle: A system includes a control module, a network interface module, and a charging module. The control module stores a first set of charging parameters for charging a battery in a vehicle. The network interface module transmits the first set of charging parameters to a utility company and receives a reply... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080136372 - Mobile terminal and method of charging battery mounted in mobile terminal: In order to shorten a period of time necessary for charging a battery, and further, to prevent a temperature of a mobile terminal from raising, the mobile terminal 100 is comprised of a case 102 in which electronic parts are arranged, a battery 104 mounted in the case 102, a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080136374 - Power device for a vehicle: A power device for use in a vehicle includes a housing, a voltage converter, and a charge-storing device. The housing carries the voltage converter and the charge-storing device. The voltage converter includes a circuit that converts a power signal having a first voltage level to a second voltage level. The... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080136373 - Two-step charger: A two-step charger includes an AC/DC power supply, a transformer, a compensator, a controller, a comparator and an isolating controller. The comparator detects whether a battery is connected to the transformer. If so, a command voltage of the charger is set at a high level. Since the battery voltage is... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080136375 - Method of controlling battery charge level of hybrid electric vehicle: A method of controlling a battery charge level of a hybrid electric vehicle includes: monitoring a quantity of current accumulated for a predetermined time based on a battery charge/discharge current value; calculating a regenerative charge derating constant; calculating a correction coefficient based on the quantity of current accumulated and a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080136376 - Active voltage management system for energy storage device: An active voltage management device and a method for actively managing a voltage level of an energy storage device are provided. The active voltage management device comprises: a pair of input terminals adapted to be connected to the energy storage device; a reverse polarity protection circuit coupled to the pair... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080136377 - Battery charger with temperature control: A battery charging circuit monitors the IC temperature through monitoring the charging die temperature, or directly monitoring the IC temperature using a temperature sensor. A maximum temperature allowed for the charging die is predetermined. The charging circuit is capable of reducing charging current at the predetermined maximum temperature value. The... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080136378 - Method and apparatus for detecting battery state of charge: A method for detecting the charged state of a battery based on the measurements of open circuit voltage in which the charged state of a battery can be detected precisely regardless of the degradation state of the battery. Internal impedance of a battery is measured, voltage of the battery is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080129245 - Apparatus and method for recharging nonrechargeable batteries: An apparatus and method for recharging non-rechargeable batteries. Utilizes a non-zero offset voltage at a non-zero frequency (a combined DC and AC voltage) to charge a “non-rechargeable” DC battery at a desired voltage. The direct current is used to charge a DC battery and the alternating current is used to... Agent: Rod Bronson

20080129246 - Non-contact type power feeder system for mobile object and protecting apparatus thereof: A noncontact type power feeder system for feeding a power to a mobile object, in which a power feeding portion and a power receiving portion can be easily manufactured at low costs and which can transmit a high power. The noncontact type power feeder system for a mobile object, comprises... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080129247 - System for controlling voltage balancing in a plurality of lithium-ion cell battery packs and method thereof: Disclosed are system and method for adjusting a voltage balancing of cell in a lithium ion multicell battery pack The system comprises a multicell battery pack including a master module and a slave module; a CPU located in the system controller and outputting a synchronization signal for each of cells... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080129249 - Monitoring device for power supply system: A battery monitoring unit and sensors are supplied with a common operating supply voltage to operate. Detection values from sensors are sent to a control circuit by the battery monitoring unit. The control circuit monitors the operating supply voltage using a voltage sensor and additionally determines whether or not the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080129248 - System and method of power management: A power management system for a device is provided. The power management system includes a functional module and a control module electrically connected with the functional module. The control module controls the functional module when a power status signal matches with a power threshold signal.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080129250 - Circuits and related methods for charging a battery: An aspect of the present invention provides a circuit for generating a voltage that can be used to recharge a battery. The circuit includes an inductive voltage generator operable to generate a magnetic field when the voltage generator is energized by power, and operable to generate a voltage from the... Agent: John M. Janeway Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080129251 - Method and device for charging peripherals: The invention includes a peripheral charging system for a computer. The peripheral charging system comprises a retention mechanism configured to retain a peripheral having a battery, the retention mechanism comprising a charging mechanism, and a system battery electrically connected to the charging mechanism. When the peripheral is retained by the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20080129252 - Charging system, charging apparatus and battery pack: A charging system is provided which includes: a secondary battery which includes a heat-resistant member having a heat-resistance property between a negative electrode and a positive electrode thereof; a charging-voltage supply section which supplies a charging voltage for charging the secondary battery; a charge control section which controls the operation... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080129253 - Battery energy reclamation apparatus and method thereby: An energy-reclamation apparatus of the present invention including at least a supercapacitor element connected with a charging source and a controlled circuit. After the supercapacitor element is charged to the potential of the charging source, the supercapacitor element and the charging source will work in series to conduct a repetitive... Agent: Reed Smith LLP