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

20080203965 - Light transmissible solar cell module, process for manufacturing same, and solar cell panel thereof: A light transmissible solar cell module including: solar cell units, which include a transparent substrate, a mirror electrode layer provided on a part of a surface of the transparent substrate, and a solar cell section provided on the mirror electrode layer, arranged in multi-levels; a first connecting wire electrically connected... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080203966 - Current limiting parallel battery charging system to enable plug-in or solar power to supplement regenerative braking in hybrid or electric vehicle: To provide additional charge storage for an electric vehicle, an additional battery (100) is connected in parallel with a regenerative braking direct charged battery (22) through a current limiting circuit (104 or 120). The additional battery (100) is charged by an external charger such as a plug-in charger or a... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080203967 - Microprocessor controlled booster apparatus with polarity protection: A polarity protection circuit for a battery booster device is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the polarity protection circuit is comprised of solid-state devices. Preferably no mechanical or electro-mechanical devices, such as solenoids are included in the polarity protection circuit. The polarity protection circuit is electrically connected to the... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080203969 - Battery pack charging method: The battery pack charging method charges a battery pack, which is a plurality of lithium ion rechargeable batteries connected in series, to full charge by constant current and constant voltage charging. Constant current charging is performed until total voltage reaches a prescribed total voltage. Subsequently, constant current charging is switched... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080203968 - Multiple charging unit: A multiple charging unit for charging different batteries and/or electronic devices at the same time. The charging units can be removably interchangeable from a housing unit or relatively fixed into the housing unit, and can be adapted to attach a variety of batteries and/or electronic devices. The charging units can... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080203970 - Battery-powered apparatus for portable system: The invention presents a battery-powered apparatus with an internal battery device and an external battery device for a portable system. Meanwhile the battery powered apparatus, applied to a portable system, includes a power path switching circuit having a power path multiplexer, a logic controller and a voltage detector connected to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080203971 - Battery state monitoring circuit and battery device: An object of the present invention is to provide a battery state monitoring circuit and a battery device which are capable of normally operating when a charger (301) is connected to an opposite polarity in error, and then correctly connected. In the case where the charger (301) is connected to... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080203972 - Charging systems and methods: Also, a power conversion system includes a variable charging source and an energy storage device. The power conversion circuit also includes a charging circuit coupled to the variable charging source and the energy storage device, the energy storage device being charged by the variable charging source. Further, the circuit includes... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20080203973 - Interactive battery charger for electric vehicle: A method for recharging an electric storage battery in the charging system of an electric vehicle from an electric utility power grid includes determining the length of time required to recharge the battery, determining the desired time when the recharge is to be completed, transmitting to the electric power utility... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080203974 - Soft transition from constant-current to a constant-voltage mode in a battery charger: A system and method for charging a battery. In one embodiment, the system includes a charging circuit that charges the battery with a constant current during a first phase and charges the battery with a constant voltage during a second phase. The system also includes a control circuit for minimizing... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Atmel

20080203975 - Integrated circuit and method for preserving vehicle's battery charge and protecting trailer load: A method and integrated circuit for preserving a battery's charge and protecting electrical devices is disclosed. A maximum and a minimum battery voltage value at the output port are stored in a memory. A steady state battery voltage at the output port is measured and stored in the memory. A... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080203976 - Voltage measuring device and voltage measuring system: In a voltage measuring device, according to a setting of input terminals for setting the number of unit cells to be measured SEL1, SEL2, SEL3, a logic circuit turns on switches in a switching circuit connected to the unit cells to measure a voltage across each unit cell.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080203977 - Boost buffer aid for reference buffer: A circuit for charging a capacitive load to a reference voltage in a capacitive sensor measurement circuit includes a reference buffer, a boost buffer, and drive logic. The reference buffer and the boost buffer are coupled with the capacitive load to be charged. The boost buffer first charges the capacitive... Agent: Cypress/blakely

20080197801 - Bidirectional battery charge controller: A bidirectional battery charge control system for a portable electronic device which uses a rechargeable main battery. The system enables the connection of an auxiliary battery to the device for inputting additional current to the device. Control of the current flow into and out of the auxiliary battery is performed... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080197802 - Power transmission control device, power reception control device, non-contact power transmission system, power transmission device, power reception device, and electronic instrument: A power reception device transmits authentication information (e.g., start code, manufacturer ID, product ID, rated power information, and resonance characteristic information) to a power transmission device before starting normal power transmission by a non-contact power transmission system. The power transmission device performs instrument authentication based on the received authentication information,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197803 - Rechargeable battery assembly having data and power connector plug: A rechargeable battery assembly comprises a rechargeable battery unit and a data and power connector plug. The battery assembly has a deployed configuration in which the battery assembly has the general form of and functions as a conventional battery format, and a recharge configuration in which the data and power... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080197804 - 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 device performs power-saving power transmission that transmits a small amount of power as compared with normal power transmission when the power transmission device has detected that a battery of a load has been fully charged so that the operation of a charge control device (charge control IC)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197805 - Process for balanced charging of a lithium ion or lithium polymer battery: The invention relates to a method for the balanced charging of n cells which form a lithium-ion or lithium-polymer battery and which are connected in series. The invention is characterised in that the method consists in monitoring the charge levels of the different cells (1) from the moment (t1) following... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080197806 - Charge redistribution circuit: A charge redistribution circuit (2) for an energy storage unit (1) with several storage elements (4) which are connected in series comprises several charge redistribution control units (5) for monitoring and redistributing the load, each of which is assigned an energy storage sub-group (3) of storage elements (4). The charge... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080197807 - Method of determining the energy capacity of a battery: A method of determining the available energy of a battery provides for measuring first and second open circuit voltage of the battery with a change of energy level occurring therebetween. The two open circuit voltages are correlated to a state of charge level and the measured amount of change of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080197809 - Configurable battery management system with embedded sram in chip architecture: A battery management system includes an external non-volatile memory and a battery management chip with embedded SRAM, CPU, ROM, and ROM_RAM encoder. The chip communicates with the non-volatile memory via standard protocols. While the battery management system is powered on or reset, a battery management program stored in the non-volatile... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080197808 - Method and apparatus for battery-backed power supply and battery charging: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing battery-backed power to movable partitions are disclosed. A power converter generates a DC output from an AC input. The DC output may be selectively decoupled from an enabled DC output such that the DC output can be monitored for acceptable operation in-situ. The enabled... Agent: Trask Britt

20080197810 - Vehicular power supply system and vehicle: A vehicular power system includes: a secondary battery (B); an up-converter (12) receiving a voltage of the secondary battery at a first connection node thereof, and up-converting a voltage between terminals of the secondary battery (B) and outputting the up-converted voltage at a second connection node thereof; system main relays... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197811 - Circuits and methods for battery charging: Circuits and methods for battery charging are disclosed. In one embodiment, the battery charging circuit comprises an AC to DC converter, a charging control switch, and a charger controller. The AC to DC converter provides a charging power to a battery pack. The charging control switch is coupled between the... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20080197812 - Topology and method for dynamic charging current allocation: In one embodiment, a battery management system includes a charger controller for controlling a charging current of a battery according to a status of a load which is powered by the battery, and a counter coupled to the charger controller for determining a charging time according to such status. Advantageously,... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20080197813 - Method for quick-charging non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery and electric equipment using the same: A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery which includes a heat-resistant layer formed by a porous protective film or the like having a resin binder and an inorganic oxide filler between its negative electrode and a positive electrode has such a characteristic that the higher the battery's temperature becomes, the smaller its... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080197814 - Power supply circuit, power supply control circuit, and power supply control method: A power supply circuit charging a secondary battery by a DC-DC converter using a switching element and an inductance element includes a current adjustment circuit. The current adjustment circuit adjusts a charging current of the secondary battery by turning on/off the switching element according to a voltage difference of a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080191661 - Method and apparatus for regulating charging of electrochemical cells using cell temperature increase rate: A rechargeable electrochemical cell charging system is provided having a thermistor that engages the negative cell terminal at a location remote from the negative charge contact. The thermistor outputs temperature data to a controller in the charger that determines the rate of cell temperature increase. When the increase reaches a... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27860) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080191663 - Bidirectional power converter for balancing state of charge among series connected electrical energy storage units: A system is provided for balancing state of charge among plural series connected electrical energy storage units that includes a power converter that selectively couples to an individual storage unit of the a string of electrical energy storage units and transfers energy by bidirectionally between the individual storage unit and... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080191662 - Charging/discharging apparatus: A charging/discharging apparatus for simultaneously charging or discharging multiple battery blocks forming a battery pack individually or at one time is provided at low cost. The charging/discharging apparatus includes a group of conductors for connecting one line each respectively to both ends of a group of battery blocks connected in... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080191664 - Charge control device for batteries: In a charge control device installable in a motor vehicle and designed to execute charge control for a battery based on an output power of a power generator, a nonvolatile memory stores therein data required to execute the charge control for the battery. A communication circuit is communicably connectable to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080191665 - Charging circuit: A charging circuit is provided. In the present invention, a capacitor and a resistor are added to the circuit near the charging switch. Due to the electrical charges stored in the capacitor, the rising and decreasing rate of the battery voltage of a rechargeable battery can be diminished during the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080191666 - Method for charging a battery using a constant current adapted to provide a constant rate of change of open circuit battery voltage: c

20080191667 - Method for charging a battery using a constant current adapted to provide a constant rate of change of open circuit battery voltage:

20080185989 - Electronic device charger: An energy storing exterior cover for a user electronic device including an integrated energy store and an energy transfer interface for transferring energy electrically to a user electronic device when covered by the cover.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080185988 - Solar garden light device: A solar garden light device has at least one lamp, a rechargeable device and a solar array. Each one of the at least one lamp has a casing, a through hole and a light assembly. The casing has a top end. The through hole is defined in the casing adjacent... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080185990 - Portable power storage and supply module: A portable power storage and supply module includes a case, a battery module, and at least one USB socket. The case and the battery module are correspondingly provided with a plurality of conducting strips and a plurality of conducting contacts, respectively. A rechargeable battery is received in an inner space... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080185991 - Disconnect for a charging unit for an electric vehicle: A device for a plug in vehicle includes a cord with a ball-like covering that allows it to be dropped. The cord bounces when dropped, and no damage is caused. There is also an electrical actuator that is based on when the vehicle is in a mode that allows it... Agent: Scott C Harris

20080185992 - Battery contact mechanism for a battery charger: An apparatus includes a housing having a first wall and a sliding tray having a second wall that is generally parallel to the first wall. The sliding tray slides between a retracted position and an extended position in which the first and second walls define a battery receiving region in... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080185993 - Battery pack: A method for conducting an operation including a power tool battery pack. The battery pack can include a housing, a first cell supported by the housing and having a voltage, and a second cell supported by the housing and having a voltage. The battery pack also can be connectable to... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20080185994 - Low-power battery system: A system for balancing the charge level of a plurality of electrically coupled battery units. The system configuration may utilize an architecture and/or methodology that is more appropriate for lower power applications. In particular, the present invention, in accordance with at least one embodiment, may provide a battery balancing system... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080185995 - Battery pack having an integrated circuit interfaced between battery cells and a microcontroller: A battery monitoring device of a battery pack configured for powering a cordless power tool may include an integrated circuit connected to a microprocessor of the pack that is external to the integrated circuit, and which is connected to each of N battery cells of the pack. The integrated circuit... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080185996 - High frequency battery charger and method of operating same: A high frequency charger includes a charge circuit for charging a depleted battery and a boost circuit for jump-starting a vehicle. Two separate high frequency transformers are provided for the charge and boost circuits. A selector switch selectively activates at least one of the charging circuit and the boost circuit.... Agent: Vector Products, Inc. Robert Powell

20080185997 - Charged control device and battery pack employing it: A battery pack employing a charge control device includes a charge detection circuit for checking whether a secondary cell is in a charged state or not based on at least a charge voltage or a charge current of the secondary cell; a control circuit for controlling feeding of electric power... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080185998 - Method of charging double electric layer electrochemical capacitors: The present invention is directed to methods for the automatic charging of an electrochemical electrical energy storage device. Charging may be performed until a pre-assigned voltage increment value measured across the terminals of the storage device is reached. Recurrent periods of charging and rest may be employed, with measurements of... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080185999 - Power supply device: A power supply device that enables completion of precharging to be accurately determined without increasing manufacturing cost. The power supply device includes a battery pack, a positive main contactor, a precharge contactor, and a precharge resistor. The battery pack supplies DC power to an inverter. A smoothing capacitor is arranged... Agent: Workman Nydegger