Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 07/08

20080180057 - Wireless transmission device: According to one embodiment, a wireless transmission device includes: a transmitter that transmits a signal to an external device; an internal rechargeable battery that supplies a power to the transmitter; a connector to which an external rechargeable battery inserted from outside is connected; and a controller that controls the internal... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080180058 - Plug-in battery charging booster for electric vehicle: A system for charging an electric storage battery in an electric vehicle includes a first converter electrically connectable to a first source of AC electric power, for converting AC from the first power source to a first DC output, a second converter electrically connectable to a second source of AC... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080180059 - Protection methods, protection circuits and protection devices for secondary batteries, a power tool, charger and battery pack adapted to provide protection against fault conditions in the battery pack: In a cordless power tool system, protection methods, circuits and devices are provided to protect against fault conditions within a battery pack that is operatively attached to a power tool or charger, so as to prevent internal or external damage to the battery pack or attached tool or charger. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080180060 - Recharging system for wireless input devices: A charging device for charging a rechargeable power store is discussed. The charging device includes a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The charging device has a ledge extending from the top surface. The charging device also includes a power source and a pair of charging terminals... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080180061 - Cell balancing battery pack and method of balancing the cells of a battery: A battery with a battery balancing assembly that regulates the discharge of battery cell charge and a method of evenly discharging battery cells, the battery comprising a plurality of cells. The balancing assembly includes switches disposed between the cells such that the switches may configure the cells in a normal... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080180062 - Battery remaining capacity predicting apparatus: To provide a technology for obtaining a remaining capacity of a battery with high accuracy. A battery remaining capacity predicting apparatus predicting a remaining capacity of a battery based on an open-circuit voltage of the battery, detects a charge current or a discharge current of the battery, integrates the currents,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080180063 - Galvanically isolated charge balance system: A galvanically isolated charge balance system for a multicell battery includes a balancing circuit associated with each cell; each balancing circuit including a flying capacitor; a variable conductance switch; and a biasing circuit for the variable conductance switch; and a galvanically isolating MEMS switching device for selectively connecting the flying... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20080180064 - Battery-capacity management device: A battery-capacity management device comprises a charged/discharged-capacity integrating unit that detects a voltage and a current of a driving battery and that calculates a discharged capacity of the driving battery. The device also comprises a battery temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the driving battery, a memory, and an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080180065 - Charging device: To prevent a battery pack from being over-discharged even under a state that the battery pack (a secondary battery) is connected to a discharging device that is not connected to an ac input power source for a long time. A charging device 200 has a pair of output lines L1... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080180066 - Dynamic charging method: A system and method of dynamically charging a lead-acid battery that has been in a deep discharged state for an extended period of time or is deeply sulfated includes an alternating current (AC) line input connected to a transformer. The output of the transformer is connected to a pair of... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080174263 - Battery charger for different capacity cells: A battery charger to charge batteries with different capacity cells. A single battery charger is capable of charging different types and different capacity battery cells by detecting battery chemistry. The charger can detect different batteries inserted into the charger and properly charge the different batteries based on optimal charging current... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080174264 - Information processing terminal and display control method: An information processing terminal improves user convenience by more accurately displaying a remaining charge of a battery installed. The battery is any one of a plurality of batteries differing in chargeable capacity. The mobile phone has a battery-type judging unit that reads a signal output from a battery-type output unit... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080174265 - Battery charger: A battery charger has a housing with a battery containing portion in which a rechargeable battery is detachably contained, a connector attached to the end of a power cord led out from the housing, and a charging source that is installed in the housing and charges the rechargeable battery contained... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174266 - Charging device: The charging circuit includes an antenna circuit receiving radio waves, a rectifier circuit rectifying AC voltage generated in the antenna circuit to generate DC voltage, and a power supply circuit adjusting the magnitude of the DC voltage and charging a rechargeable battery using the adjusted DC voltage. The charging device... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080174267 - Power transmission control device, power reception control device, non-contact power transmission system, power transmission device, power reception device and electronic instrument: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a power-transmission-side control circuit that controls the power transmission device. When the power-transmission-side control circuit has detected that a battery included in the load has been fully charged, the power-transmission-side control circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080174268 - Automatic charging apparatus of autonomous mobile robot and automatic charging method using the same: Disclosed are an automatic charging apparatus of an autonomous mobile robot and an automatic charging method using the same in that a moving robot can automatically detect infrared signals emitted from a charging station and can automatically induce charging station so as to automatically charge a battery of the robot,... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano Suite 204

20080174269 - Battery charger with charge indicator: A battery charger having an integrated battery charge indicator that is readily visible when a battery pack is connected for charging. The battery charge indicator is on a visible outer surface of the housing of the battery charger to indicate a state of charge of the battery pack. The indicator... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080174271 - Energy storage mobile charging adapter and energy storing method for the same: An energy storage mobile charging adapter is disclosed, in which-the output terminal of an AC/DC isolated converter circuit board are connected with input terminals of a charging adapter circuit board, a commercial power plug is connected with the input terminals of the AC/DC isolated converter circuit board, characterized in that,... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080174270 - Integrated battery and charger for laptop computer: A battery that slides into a battery bay in a laptop computer is housed integrally with its own power converter and battery charging circuit.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080174272 - Hybrid electrical pins: In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a pin for an electrical connector is provided. The pin includes a head that is fixedly mated with a shaft to form the pin.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080174273 - Piezoelectric energy harvester: A mechanism for capturing mechanical energy and converting it to electrical energy for use continually charging or providing emergency power to mobile, battery-powered devices comprises a plurality of elongated piezoelectric elements mounted at one or support points to one or more support structures. The plurality of piezoelectric elements are preferably... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080174274 - Battery unit: A battery unit has positive and negative terminals, a pair of battery modules, three switch modules, a bypass line and a controller. A first battery module is connected to the positive and negative terminals. The second battery module is connected in parallel with the first battery module. Each battery module... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080174275 - Power supply method for electric apparatus: An electric apparatus includes a plurality of circuit blocks, a plurality of power sources; and a plurality of power input portions receiving power in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of circuit blocks, wherein the power sources are located in proximity to the power input portions and are connected to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080174276 - Switching power supply: To provide a smaller and more efficient switching power supply 10. The switching power supply 10 according to the present invention includes: a high frequency transformer 40; a primary side switching circuit 30 adapted to switch a current flowing through a primary winding 41 of the high frequency transformer 40... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080174277 - Charging apparatus: There is provided a charging apparatus that enables safe and stable charging operation upon switching of power supplies for charging use. The charging apparatus has: first power supply 111 that has a current limiting function; second power supply 112 that has a current limiting function lower than the current limiting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080174278 - Power system for managing power from multiple power sources: A power source system including a power distribution apparatus has an energy management system for managing the provision of power from multiple power sources to multiple electrical devices. The power distribution apparatus may have a combination of primary and secondary sources connected to it. It may also have a variety... Agent: Mary Elizabeth Bush Quallion Llc

20080174279 - Battery charging system and method thereof: A battery charging system for receiving an AC voltage and charging a rechargeable battery is provided herein. The battery charging system includes an adapter for rectifying an AC voltage into a first DC voltage; a controller for receiving a battery voltage of a rechargeable battery and outputting a control signal;... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080174280 - Unit including a circuit, device, and transmitting/receiving system: A unit including one or more circuits a first circuit includes a first circuit, a first capacitor, a charge storage, and a charge supplier. The first capacitor is for stabilizing operation of the first circuit. The charge storage stores an electrical charge prior to startup of the first circuit. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080169784 - Solar power system: A solar power system uses a solar panel to convert light energy to electricity for charging a battery through a photo sensor. The photo sensor uses a switching unit to control whether the battery can be charged or discharged. The battery further connects to a sensing and protecting circuit and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080169785 - Hybrid battery and its charging/discharging method: A hybrid battery and its charging/discharging method automatically charges/discharges batteries having different capacities. The hybrid battery includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries; switching elements which are electrically connected to the plurality of rechargeable batteries having high current paths for electrically connecting to one of the high current paths; and a... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080169786 - Method for charging battery module: A method for charging a battery module including a plurality of parallel-connected battery core sets is provided. In the present method, a constant charging current is provided for charging the battery module first. Then, the voltage of each parallel-connected battery core set in the battery module is determined whether reaches... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080169787 - Charger control circuit with automatic polarity selection: An exemplary charger control circuit includes an input port having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, an electrode control circuit, and an output port having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The input port is connected to a source of power. The output port is connected to a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080169788 - Battery pack: A battery pack features a shock-absorbing and sealed construction and an electronic control module that provides automatic recovery circuitry in the event of a short circuit in the load whereby the power is terminated and then restarted at a lower level so that removal of the short circuit may be... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20080169789 - Apparatus for equalizing capacity of secondary battery, and discharge controller: A device for appropriately controlling capacitive variations between battery blocks. A voltage measurement section periodically measures a terminal voltage of each battery block by way of respective potential detection lines electrically connected to both terminals of the respective battery blocks. A discharge section effects electric discharge of each battery block... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080169790 - Lithium secondary cell with high charge and discharge rate capability: A high capacity, high charge rate lithium secondary cell includes a high capacity lithium-containing positive electrode in electronic contact with a positive electrode current collector, said current collector in electrical connection with an external circuit, a high capacity negative electrode in electronic contact with a negative electrode current collector, said... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080169791 - Capacitor charging control circuit: A parallel monitor circuit having a simple circuit configuration, in which a voltage divider circuit can be formed with resistors having the same resistance value, includes plural capacitors are connected in series, and a bypass device of each of parallel monitor circuits is connected in parallel with each capacitor. Plural... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080164837 - Charger circuit and transformer used therein: The present invention discloses a transformer used in a charger circuit, in which the input side of the transformer is connected to an AC input and PWM control circuit of the charger circuit, the output side of the transformer is connected to a constant current and/or constant voltage control circuit... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080164839 - Noncontact charging device: A noncontact charging device includes a mounting portion, a primary transmission coil, a temperature-detecting element, and a control unit. A device charged in a noncontact manner is mounted on the mounting portion. The primary transmission coil supplies power to a secondary transmission coil provided to the device by the use... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080164840 - Noncontact power-transmission coil, portable terminal, and terminal charging device: A noncontact power-transmission coil is provided. The noncontact power-transmission coil includes a planar coil and a printed-circuit board. The planar coil is formed by spirally winding a linear conductor made of a single or twisted wire in a substantially same plane. The printed-circuit board includes a first external connection terminal... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080164838 - Power circuit and method: A power circuit (102) for producing a trickle charge for a power storage device (219) in association with a electronic device includes at least one inductive element (201) having a first coil (203) that is made of a conductive material and has a first set of terminals (209), and a... Agent: Advance Patent Services C/o Elias P.soupos

20080164841 - Battery charger for portable equipment: The present invention relates to a battery charger for charging multiple types of portable equipments, comprising a charging pin housing including a plurality of charging spring pins having a predetermined distance therebetween; a moving motor for detecting an insertion of a battery and sliding the charging pin housing inward and... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20080164842 - Device with a power tool case: e

20080164844 - Noncontact power-transmission coil, portable terminal and terminal charging device, planar coil magnetic layer formation device, and magnetic layer formation method: A noncontact power-transmission coil is provided. The noncontact power-transmission coil includes a planar coil and a magnetic layer. The planar coil is formed by winding a linear conductor in a spiral shape substantially in a single plane. The magnetic layer is formed by applying a liquid-form magnetic solution in which... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080164843 - Portable terminal with cradle: A portable terminal with a cradle is provided. The cradle includes a base unit, a cradling unit assembled to one face of the base unit and rotatable about a rotary axis extending perpendicularly to the one face of the base unit, and at least one cover member pivotally connected to... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080164846 - Apparatus and method to update and maintain a tire pressure monitoring tool: A dock has a cradle and at least one port for recharging and communicating with a tire pressure monitoring tool. The dock recognizes that the tool is inserted into the dock; evaluates the programming in the memory; compares the programming in the memory against programming stored in a computer; determines... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080164845 - Removable and replaceable docking unit: A removable/replaceable docking unit includes a cradle, a dock connector extending through an opening in a bottom portion of the cradle, a circuit board to which the dock connector is integrally attached, a wire connector integrally attached to the circuit board at a side thereof opposite the dock connector and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080164848 - Calculating remaining battery capacity based on battery-side end voltage and device-side end voltage: A remaining battery capacity indicating apparatus includes an end voltage accumulated value setting unit operable to set an accumulated value indicative of a remaining capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery, the accumulated value being set in a fully charged state of the battery so that the accumulated value reaches zero... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080164847 - Method and apparatus for maximizing the sustainable flash of a handheld portable electronic device: A method and apparatus for maintaining a maximum sustained flash current over the whole length of a flash using a programmable current drive in a handheld portable device powered by a battery. The method involves measuring the battery voltage before and after a flash is initiated and calculating the equivalent... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080164849 - Charging regime at any state of charge using the first derivative of temperature and the first and second derivative of voltage with respect to time: A battery control module for a rechargeable battery includes a voltage measuring module that measures a voltage of the rechargeable battery and that estimates a first derivative of the voltage with respect to time (dV/dt) and a second derivative of the voltage with respect to time (d2V/dt2). A charge control... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080157712 - Holder and battery charger system for portable electronic device: P

20080157711 - Portable device charging module: A portable device comprising: a main body; a display and a keypad formed on the main body; a MP3 or MP4 codec formed within the main body; a memory coupled to the MP3 or MP4 codec; an audio process coupled to the MP3 or MP4 codec; a D/A converter coupled... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080157713 - Electrochemical methods, devices, and structures: The present invention generally provides devices and methods involving electrochemical actuation. The devices may comprise at least one component capable of exhibiting a volumetric or dimensional change upon application of a voltage. In some cases, the volumetric or dimensional change may produce mechanical work. Some embodiments of the invention may... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080157714 - Electronic device identification system: An electronic device identification system includes a rectifier bridge for providing an output DC voltage of fixed polarity from an input DC voltage of a corresponding or reverse polarity. The system further includes an identification component coupled across an input to the rectifier bridge. This enables identification of the identification... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20080157715 - Plug-type charger for small electrical device: An electrical charger equipped with a plug (7) for cableless insertion into a wall receptacle, with a power supply unit and a fixture for holding an electrical low-voltage appliance that is to be charged and has a storage unit for electrical energy, characterized in that the charger is equipped with... Agent: K.f. Ross P.c.

20080157716 - Mp3 playing and charging system comprising a docking station having an adapter for installing mp3 and a dynamic speaker: In this present invention, MP3 playing and charging system having an adapter for installing MP3 and dynamic speakers which includes a docking station and two speakers that can be used in attached or separated manner; two speakers that allow variation of speaker direction generating dynamic sound when attached; and a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080157717 - Circuit for monitoring batteries in a parallel configuration: The invention includes a circuit to monitor batteries arranged in a parallel battery configuration for charge/discharge battery circuit operation. The circuit selectively tests for each battery's presence in a battery holder or receptacle without interrupting circuit discharging operation, e.g., physical removal, and communicates a fault condition if the battery is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080157719 - Semiconductor device and rechargeable power supply unit: Provided are a semiconductor device and a rechargeable power supply unit which are capable of accurately detecting an overcharge state of a battery even in a case where the battery is charged with a sine wave charger. In a case where a 1/2 cycle of a charging voltage of the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080157718 - Voltage monitor circuit: A voltage monitor circuit, wherein a high voltage is not applied to a monitor circuit even if a series circuit of plural batteries connecting a battery pack is cut off, is provided. When a current breaking switch is turned off, a high series voltage with reversed polarity of plural batteries... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080157720 - Auto-synchronous power gauge: According to one exemplary embodiment, an auto-synchronous power gauge for measuring total charge consumed from a power source of an electronic device includes an analog to digital converter for sampling a signal corresponding to current drawn from the power source, and one or more accumulators. The analog to digital converter... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080157721 - Battery pack capacity adjusting device and method: A battery pack capacity adjusting device for adjusting a capacity of a battery pack having a plurality of secondary cells includes a control circuit board and a control section. The control circuit board is installable in the battery pack, and includes a capacity adjusting section to be electrically connected to... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080157722 - Appropriate battery exchange: In a battery exchange system for facilitating exchange at appropriate intervals of a chargeable battery with another fully charged chargeable battery for charging, a user device having characteristic identification information reads a serial number from a battery when the battery is installed and transmits to a control device correspondence information... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080157723 - System and method of charging a battery and power delivery using an adapter and capacitor voltage divider circuit: A battery charging and power delivery system for a portable electronic device includes a first connection that connects the system to an AC/DC power adaptor. A second connection connects the system to the power bus of the portable electronic device. A third connection connects the system to a battery. A... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p