Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 12/08

20080315827 - Air turbine: A electrical generating device installed in an electric vehicle for the purpose of charging direct current batteries. The device being encased in a housing, can be installed behind the nose or front grill section of an electric vehicle. The front section of the device consists of an air intake, which... Agent: Steven R. Massey

20080315826 - Devices, systems, and methods for group charging of electronic devices: Disclosed are a device, system and method for multiple mobile communication devices that may be charged according to their relative priority and/or for multiple mobile communication devices that may be charged to a minimum level. The devices may be connected in any order physically, but based upon their relative charging... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080315828 - Multi power supply system for a portable device: The present invention discloses a multi power supply system for a portable device, particularly a power supply system having a multi power input interface and a universal serial bus (USB) power output interface and capable of receiving a solar electric power and a general battery power. The invention not only... Agent: Roger H. Chu

20080315825 - Self-sustained current supply device for mobile small appliances: A self-sustained current supply device based on a modular concept with an energy-autarkic generator module being connected with appliance-specific exchangeable battery/electronics modules wherein an additional battery matching the small appliance can be charged within a short time.... Agent: Law Offices Of Karl Hormann

20080315829 - Power supply systems for electrical devices: An electrically powered portable device, the device including means for providing a function to be performed by the device, an electrical power supply which incorporates in combination a voltage source and at least one capacitor for storing electrical charge to power the device, the voltage source and the at least... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080315830 - Electronic battery tester or charger with databus connection: Vehicle maintenance circuitry for use with a storage battery, and/or electrical system of a vehicle includes an electrical connector configured to electrically couple to the vehicle. OBD communication circuitry is configured to couple to an OBD databus of a vehicle. The operation of the vehicle maintenance circuitry is a function... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080315831 - Ac-to-dc adapter for mobile system: Disclosed herein are approaches for providing an adapter that may operate efficiently to provide a DC voltage to systems requiring different voltages.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080315832 - Charger for battery packs and combination of battery packs and a charger: A charger is adopted to charge a first-type battery pack and a second-type battery pack, each type of battery packs having an insertion portion whose shapes are different. The charger is provided with a housing having a battery pack socket for inserting the battery packs. The battery pack socket has... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080315833 - Battery pulse charging method and apparatus: Disclosed herein are some embodiments for safely charging a mobile system battery pack, even when the power source (e.g., adapter) voltage is at a relatively high level that would otherwise result in excessive charge current.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080315834 - Battery pack chargers and charging method: A method of charging a battery pack is provided. The method includes: electronically connecting a battery pack to a charger; detecting information regarding the battery pack; determining an appropriate charging regime based on the detected information; and applying the charging regime to the battery pack. A battery charger may also... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080315835 - Battery pack producing method and battery pack: Provided is a battery pack producing method and a battery pack capable of suppressing defects such as overcharging or overdischarging in one or more of the used secondary batteries constituting a battery pack, and sufficiently exhibiting the performance of the used secondary batteries of the battery pack. This method includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080315836 - Battery charge management using a scheduling application: According to some embodiments, battery charge management using a scheduling application is disclosed. A first parameter may be received from a scheduling application running on a mobile computing device having a battery pack. Based on at least the first parameter and battery pack data, a required charge percentage for the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080315838 - Method of measuring the battery level in a mobile telephone: Measuring the voltage level of a mobile telephone battery during a charging operation involves disabling the charge temporarily so that the battery rapidly enters discharge mode. The discharge mode voltage is more representative of the true battery charge level, so that the present invention can be implemented to provide a... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080315837 - Remotely controlled multiple battery system: A remotely controllable multiple battery system for reliably supplying electrical energy to an electrical system, the remotely controllable multiple battery system receiving control signals from a remote control device, the remotely controllable multiple battery system having a remotely controlled controller. An at least one sensor that senses the condition of... Agent: Tangent Law Group

20080315841 - Discharge state indicator: A circuit for displaying the state of a battery that is almost discharged features a battery, an inductive load, and a controllable switch connected in series. The circuit also includes a display element connected in series with the inductive load and the battery. The controllable switch is opened when a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080315839 - Early detection of battery cell thermal event: A battery module for use in an electric vehicle is disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of cells arranged in a predetermined pattern within the module. The battery module also includes an optical pyrometer arranged inside the module. The optical pyrometer is installed within the module after being tuned... Agent: Michael T. Raggio Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20080315840 - Electronic device and imaging apparatus: Disclosed herein is an electronic device having a display section, which may include, a housing section configured to house a plurality of batteries, a detection section configured to detect status of each of the plurality of batteries housed in the housing section, a selection section configured to select part of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080315842 - Power adapter detection: According to some embodiments, an apparatus for power adapter detection is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first detection module to detect if a first signal from a power adapter is present and in a first voltage range, a second detection module to detect if a second signal from the power... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080315843 - Methods and systems for battery charging management: Methods and systems for battery charging are provided. A system includes a battery charger electrically coupled to at least one battery and a plurality of sensors configured to measure a voltage of the battery, a charging current supplied to the battery, and a temperature of the battery wherein the battery... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729 +2000) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080315844 - Charging control device for supplying electronic equipment application(s) and battery with compensated current: A charging control device (D) is installed in a piece of electronic equipment (EE) comprising a rechargeable battery (B) and at least an internal application (A) requiring an application current for its operation. This device (D) comprises a charging control module (CCM) arranged to be coupled to a charger (CH),... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080315845 - Battery full-charge detection for charge-and-play circuits: The present invention relates to a battery charge circuit (100) in a charge-and-play mode capable to reliably determine the completion of a battery charging operation has been described. Such a determination takes into account the behavior of the battery charge circuit (100) with respect to the temperature, the activity of... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080315846 - Battery pack, battery charger and charging method: A battery pack, a battery charger, a method for charging a battery pack are provided. The battery pack includes a secondary battery, a switch element for controlling charging and discharging the secondary battery, a controller for controlling the switch element, and a communication unit for performing with a battery charger.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080309283 - Apparatus and method for charging an accumulator: An apparatus for charging an accumulator of electrical charge comprises an apparatus for generating electrical current by conversion of energy supplied externally in a form other than electrical energy and for supplying current at an output voltage differential, and terminals for supplying charging current to an accumulator to be charged... Agent: Howrey LLP-eu

20080309285 - Battery pack identification system: A control module is included in a battery charger that is adapted to charge a plurality of battery packs of different types or a power tool that is adapted to be powered by at least one of the battery packs. The control module includes a remote sensing module that communicates... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080309284 - Method for distnguishing batteries having different chemistries: A method is provided for distinguishing between batteries having different chemistry compositions. The method includes: supplying electrical energy to the battery for charging thereof; monitoring a voltage characteristic of the battery periodically during charging, wherein the voltage characteristic varies over time with the state of charge of the battery; and... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080309286 - Battery charger with integrated cell balancing: A battery charger containing circuitry including integrated cell balancing and automatic cell configuration determination is presented. The charger automatically adapts output current to different battery configurations. The charger also ensures that all the cells within a battery configuration are at roughly the same voltage.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080309287 - Flex circuit interface for wireless charging: A flex circuit interface for inductively charging a power source includes a flex circuit having a primary-portion and at least one folding portion. A device contact and a battery contact are disposed on a folding-portion. A secondary coil is disposed on the flex circuit for receiving inductively transferred power. A... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080309288 - Method for balancing lithium secondary cells and modules: A battery pack control module for balancing a plurality of lithium secondary cells or groups of lithium secondary cells connected in series and method of use.... Agent: Buskop Law Group, P.C.

20080309289 - Temperature and polarization voltage compensation system: A control module for a battery that powers a load includes a compensation module that adjusts a shutoff voltage based on voltage and impedance of the battery and current drawn by the load from the battery as time the load is drawing current increases. A discharge control module restricts power... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080309290 - Portable electric power station: A portable, electrical power station has an insulated, wheeled housing containing a self-contained, self-sustaining electrical power generating system. The system employs a key operated ignition switch which activates an inverter. The inverter converts direct current received from a battery to alternating current and sends that current to a motor which... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein P.C.

20080309291 - Computer system and control method thereof: A computer system, including a converter to convert a level of an input voltage into a charging voltage and to output the charging voltage to a battery unit; a converter driving unit to output a driving signal to the converter so that the charging voltage outputted from the converter is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080309292 - Battery recharge prevention principle for short battery voltage dips: The present invention relates to a method and circuit configuration (100) for preventing any needless battery recharge at each short battery voltage dip. Such a circuit configuration (100) comprises a detector means (200) for detecting a voltage variation (ΔV) of a variable value (Vbat) across a battery (BAT) dropping below... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080309293 - Method for charging battery module in multiple stages: A method for charging a battery module including a plurality of parallelly-connected battery cell sets in multiple stages is provided. In the present invention, a constant current charging is applied for charging the battery module in an initial stage of charging through the method of voltage control or current control.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080309294 - Portable telecommunications device: A portable telecommunications device comprises a charging interface for connection to an external power supply, a voltage and current ratio converter configured to convert an input voltage at the charging interface into an output voltage for charging a battery; and a controller configured to control the converter.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080309295 - Detachable charge control circuit for balancing the voltage of supercapacitors connected in series: A supercapacitors voltage balancing device (2) to be connected to a supercapacitor module (1) having N individual supercapacitors (10) connected in series, for optimizing the voltage of the individual supercapacitors in the module. The voltage balancing device comprising connecting means (3) for connecting said voltage balancing device (2) to said... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080303478 - Integrated home appliance: An integrated home appliance includes a base, a home appliance, and a solar panel. The base includes a secondary battery, and a first port. The appliance has a second port. The solar panel has a third port corresponding to first port. The application device and the solar panel are alternately... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080303479 - Contact-less chargeable battery and charging device, battery charging set, and charging control method thereof: The wireless charger of the present invention includes a charger body having an electromagnetic wave intercepting means; a charging pad received in the charger body; and at least one battery that is to be charged by means of induced electromotive force generated by the charging pad, wherein the charger body... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

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20080303481 - Cellular phone charging stand: The present invention relates to a charging stand for charging a mobile phone. The stand includes a base defining a receptacle configured to receive the mobile phone. A battery charging circuit includes a power cord extending into the base, step-down circuitry for reducing supplied voltage from the cord, and exposed... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303482 - Multi charging current control circuit and method thereof: A multi charging current control circuit including a voltage reference unit, a current limiting unit, a current detector and a current control unit is provided. The voltage reference unit provides many reference voltages. The current limiting unit selects a corresponding reference voltage from the reference voltages according to a charge... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080303483 - External versatile battery with power saving mode: A versatile external battery system has a built-in charger. Using particular plugs containing capacitors, the system can connect to many makes and models of notebook computer. The capacitor configures an oscillator which controls a DC-to-DC converter. In this way, disconnecting the plug turns off the oscillator and eliminates power leakage.... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC

20080303484 - System for controlling voltage balancing in a plurality of lithium-ion cell battery packs and method thereof: Disclosed is a system for adjusting a voltage balancing of cells in a lithium ion multicell battery pack. The system comprises a vertical interface outputting inputs of a reading balance signal defining a voltage reading period and a balance period and a reading hold signal holding a cell voltage when... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080303486 - Apparatuses and methods for detecting power source: A charger includes a detection pin, a voltage divider, and a comparator. The detection pin can couple the charger to a power source via a first data line. The voltage divider and the comparator are coupled to the detection pin. The voltage divider divides a power voltage provided by the... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20080303485 - Battery equalization charging method and apparatus: The present invention discloses a charging method for equalization charging a battery array consisting of at least two cells, comprising the following steps: (a) charging the cells of the battery array with a constant charging current; (b) detecting the cell voltages of the individual cells to judge whether some of... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080303487 - Battery protection method and structure therefor: In one embodiment, a circuit is formed to couple a battery to a charging voltage at least a portion of a time when the charging voltage is greater than zero volts and is less than a first voltage value. The circuit is also formed to decouple the battery from the... Agent: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC Intellectual Property Dept. - A700

20080303488 - Systems and methods for charging super capacitors: Systems and methods are provided for charging a super capacitor bank. One method provides for determining a charge voltage for the super capacitor bank, providing a charging current, limiting the charging current according to a corresponding worst case temperature within the super capacitor bank operating temperature range, limiting the charge... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080297103 - Portable power and utility system: A portable power and utility system for mounting in or on a host vehicle with an electrical system or, alternatively, operating in a standalone, portable configuration. The portable power and utility system includes an enclosure, an AC power subsystem mounted in the enclosure, a fluid power air subsystem mounted in... Agent: Mark Brown

20080297104 - Battery charger and method for communicating battery pack charging status information: A battery charger (180) and method (400) for communicating battery pack charging status information of a battery pack (140) coupled to both the battery charger (180) and an electronic device such as a radio (110). The method (400) performs reading an authenticity battery pack identifier and battery status information provided... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080297105 - Polarity adjusting apparatus for charging circuit: A polarity adjusting apparatus for automatically adjusting polarity of a connection between a power supply and a charging circuit includes first˜fourth diodes, first and second input terminals configured for connecting to positive and negative terminals of the power supply, and first and second output terminals configured for respectively connecting to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080297106 - Solar charger: The solar charger is provided with a case 1 that can hold a rechargeable battery 5 in a removable fashion, and a solar cell 4 to supply charging power to the rechargeable battery 5 loaded in the case 1. The case 1 is formed in a shape having a bottom... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080297107 - Contactless power transferring coil unit, mobile terminal, power transmitting apparatus, and contactless power transferring system: A contactless power transferring coil unit is provided. The contactless power transferring coil unit includes a flat coil, a magnetic film, and a leaking flux detecting coil. The flat coil is formed by winding a conductive wire into a spiral on a substantially flat plane. The magnetic film is disposed... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080297108 - Automatic cycle storage system and cycle for this system: Automatic system for storing electric cycles, in which the batteries of the cycles (1) are recharged by locking stations (1). The electronic control circuit of each cycle prevents the operation of a battery recharging circuit while the cycle is not locked onto the locking station.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080297109 - Mechanical methods for charging a car battery, related systems and infrastructure: The methods, system, and infrastructure described herein generally relate to methods for charging a rechargeable battery of a vehicle. The methods described provide a method of charging a rechargeable battery of a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: (a) while the vehicle is stationary, rotating a shaft of an... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080297111 - Alkaline battery charger with universal connectors: An alkaline battery charger with universal connectors for the charging of alkaline batteries of type AA, AAA, C, and D includes a spring loaded slide bar, moving charging studs fixed into the spring loaded slide bar, a battery tray, four fixed lower charging studs, two fixed middle charging studs, two... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080297110 - Method and system for controlling the distribution of power in a multi-battery charger: Described are a method and a system for controlling the distribution of power in a multi-battery charger. The system includes (a) a housing including a plurality of contacts configured to electrically couple with a plurality of batteries; and (b) a controller. The controller is programmed to: detect a connection status... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080297113 - Electric power supply system: An electric power supply system can determine a sharing ratio of an electric power so as to increase and decrease an output electric power supplied by an electric power generator in accordance with an output electric power value required for the electric power supply system, in a fuel cell following... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080297112 - System and method for charging a battery: Described is a system and method for charging a battery. The system includes a processor powered by a battery; and a controller determining a remaining battery charge of the battery. The controller sets a first charge current to recharge the battery when the remaining battery charge is insufficient to operate... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080297114 - Charging device capable of providing backflow current and inrush current protection: A charging device capable of providing backflow current and inrush current protection includes a reception end for receiving a charging voltage, a rechargeable battery, and a dynamic protection unit coupled between the reception end and the rechargeable battery for controlling connection between the reception end and the rechargeable battery according... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080297115 - Device using residual energy of a battery: Control means (22) for a battery (20) for powering a load (18) wherein the battery is connected via switching means (24) to the load. The control means is able to ascertain when the remaining battery life is below a predetermined level and commands the switching means to disconnect the battery... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20080297116 - Method for ensuring safe use of a battery pack after impact: A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes a battery, an impact sensor, a processor and a memory. The impact sensor is capable of generating an impact signal in response to a detection of an impact on the battery pack. The processor is capable of generating impact information based... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080297117 - Modulation charging circuitry for battery charging: Circuitry for charging a battery includes a switch for coupling the power source to the battery. The switch is turned on and off in accordance with a periodic control signal including a plurality of periods. Each period includes a first duration during which the control signal is in a first... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080297118 - Battery charging circuit: A battery charging circuit includes a power supply circuit being connected via a switching element and a current-limiting resistor to a battery to subject the battery to a trickle charge, and a control circuit turning on and off the switching element on a given duty to subject the battery to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.