Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 03/09

20090079382 - Electrical power unit: A fuel cell 1 and an electric double-layer capacitor 2 are parallelly arranged for a power supply. A DC/DC converter 3 steps up voltage of the fuel cell 1 and the electric double-layer capacitor 2, to thereby output power. An output switch 5 is disposed on an output pathway of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090079383 - Method and apparatus for power conversion with maximum power point tracking and burst mode capability: An apparatus and method for converting a DC input power to a DC output power. The apparatus comprises an energy storage module and a burst mode controller. The burst mode controller causes energy to be stored in the energy storage module during at least one storage period, and further causes... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20090079384 - Charging control in an electric vehicle: A charging system for a vehicle rearranges the bank of battery cells between a series connection for delivering voltage to a load, e.g. a motor; and a parallel connection for being charged. The battery bank can thus be charged by a 12 volt battery charger. The charger can be a... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090079385 - Solar powered battery charger using switch capacitor voltage converters: The invention provides a charging device that uses switched capacitor voltage converters to charge a battery using solar power. The charger uses boosting topology to efficiently use solar module photovoltaic power. The boosting topology enables a lower voltage to be used resulting in reduced cutting and soldering of photovoltaic cells.... Agent: Jason Scultety Msr Innovations Inc.

20090079386 - Electrical recharger unit: An electrical recharger unit (10) comprising a master (12) and slave (14) device each having electromagnetic coils capable of being brought into close or touching proximity to one another. A power supply delivers electrical currents to an electromagnetic coil of the master device. The electromagnetic coils are wound onto a... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20090079387 - Power transmission control device, power transmitting device, power-transmitting-side device, and non-contact power transmission system: A power transmission control device provided in a non-contact power transmission system includes a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls power transmission to a power receiving device, an actuator control circuit that controls the operation of an actuator that moves the position of a primary coil in an XY plane, a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090079388 - Automated recharging system: An automated recharging system to automatically recharge a vehicle is disclosed. A recharging device may be incorporated into the automated recharging system to perform the automatic recharge. The recharging device may include one or more sensors to sense the location of an electrical receptacle of the vehicle, an electrical connector... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090079389 - Charging device for electric vehicle: The present invention provides a charging device for an electric vehicle with which optimal charging can be performed reliably when charging a storage device of the electric vehicle, without performing fast charging and normal charging at the same time.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090079390 - Rechargeable battery array: Rechargeable battery array is described. The rechargeable battery array is constructed from: a battery row 101 that includes a plurality of battery cells 102, 103 connected in parallel for supplying a larger current; and at least one balancing circuit 105 in the battery row, the balancing circuit provides a high... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Ryan A. Schneider, Esquire

20090079391 - Systems and methods for cell balancing: A cell balancing circuit comprises a first cell having a first voltage, a second cell in series with the first cell and having a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage, and a bypass path in parallel with the second cell for enabling a bypass current for the... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20090079392 - Portable power supply module with winding unit: A portable power supply module with winding unit comprises a shell body, a battery room, at least one battery unit, a connection line with predetermined extension length and an output connector. The shell body is provided with a winding area and an output connector accommodation room. The battery room is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090079393 - Self-charging generator: A portable self charging external power source that can be used by construction workers to help in the supply of electricity for their tools on a site where electricity may not be accessible. It can also be used by anyone needing a portable self charging 110 volt alternating current power... Agent: Ozkan Teca

20090079395 - Charge and discharge control circuit and rechargeable power supply device: A charge and discharge control circuit which accommodates pulsed charge and pulsed discharge and can control charge and discharge of a secondary battery with safety, and a rechargeable power supply device having the same built therein are provided. The charge and discharge control circuit includes a delay time switching circuit... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090079396 - Disconnection detection device of assembled battery system and disconnection detection method of same: Upon detecting a disconnection, a current detection circuit supplies a detection current to connection lines between each cell and the corresponding voltage monitoring circuit. The detection current is larger than a consumption current flowing via each voltage monitoring circuit in a normal state. When the disconnection occurs, a diode changes... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090079394 - System and method for charging a rechargeable battery: The present invention includes a system and method of charging a rechargeable battery. The system can further include a processor that is adapted to control one of the high power charger or the low power charger to charge the battery in response to the high power input voltage relative to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090079397 - Anti-swell protection circuit for battery cells: The present invention provides a protection circuit and method for preventing a battery from swelling in one embodiment. The protection circuit includes: a voltage monitoring circuit that monitors a voltage across the battery; a control circuit that receives voltage information from the voltage monitoring circuit; and a discharge circuit that... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090079398 - Battery operated led lamp and control: An LED lamp adapted for use as a bicycle light includes a lamp/switch module and a power supply/control module. The control includes a microcontroller that performs both light operating functions and battery charging control functions. A low battery warning is provided as a non-repeating, short sequence of flashes of the... Agent: Howson & Howson LLP

20090072779 - Low voltage energy system: An energy system for transferring energy from a lower voltage energy source, such as a single photovoltaic cell or two photovoltaic cells connected in series, to a higher voltage energy storage, such as a capacitor or one or more batteries. The system uses a controller operating from the higher voltage... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20090072780 - Photovoltaic-charged secondary battery system: For this, the present invention provides a photovoltaic-charged secondary battery system including: a transparent electrode capable of transmitting light; a PN semiconductor layer formed on the transparent electrode and generating a current by incident light; and a secondary battery layer, formed on the PN semiconductor layer, in which the current... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090072781 - Power supply device, scanner power supply device, and image forming apparatus: A power supply device accumulates charges generated by a photovoltaic unit. The power supply device includes a first capacitor having a first capacitance, in which the charges generated by the photovoltaic unit are charged; a second capacitor having a second capacitance that is larger than the first capacitance; and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090072782 - Versatile apparatus and method for electronic devices: An electronic system which includes a power delivery surface that delivers electrical power to an electrical or electronic device. The power delivery surface may be powered by any electrical power source, including, but not limited to: wall electrical outlet, solar power system, battery, vehicle cigarette lighter system, direct connection to... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090072784 - Inductive charger battery replacement system, device & method: The invention is a device and system for providing power to a portable electronic device. A battery unit includes a rechargeable battery and is configured to be removably secured to a portable electronic device to provide power thereto. A base unit is configured to receive and charge one or more... Agent: Law Office Of Richard B. Cates

20090072783 - Inductively charged vapor-emitting device: An inductively charged vapor-emitting device for dispensing a volatizable material into the surrounding environment is described. The inductively charged vapor-emitting device includes an inductive coil including a magnetic core mounted in a housing and coupled to at least one rechargeable power source mounted within the housing. The inductive coil configured... Agent: The Dial Corporation

20090072785 - Battery pack: A battery pack includes at least one battery cell and a base and a cover, together adapted to house the at least one battery cell. A plurality of linking holes are located on at least one first side surface of one of the base or the cover, each linking hole... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090072786 - Cradle for differently sized portable electronic devices: A cradle for containing a portable electronic device of the present invention has a main body and a clip. The main body is used for enabling the bottom of the portable electronic device to lean on the main body. The clip has a rotating member and a pressing member. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090072787 - Replaceable rechargeable battery unit for a power tool, power tool, and charger: A power tool system has a power tool, a replaceable rechargeable battery unit for the power tool, and at least one coupling unit for charging the battery unit while being replaceably connected to the power tool; also a replaceable rechargeable battery unit for a power tool, a charger for charging... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090072788 - Method for managing a bank of rechargeable batteries using the coup de fouet effect on charging: The batteries of at least one battery subset are partially and preferably simultaneously charged; during this partial charging, electrical parameters representative of a coup de fouet effect on charging are measured to enable the extent of discharge of each of the batteries of the subset to be analyzed; the batteries... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090072789 - Multiple function current-sharing charging system and method: Multiple function current-sharing charging systems and methods are provided. Where first and second rechargeable power supplies are connected to a charging system, a first charging current is provided to the first rechargeable power supply and a second charging current is provided to the second rechargeable power supply. Upon detection of... Agent: Research In Motion Corp./cr Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090072791 - Electric storage device: Electric storage device is provided which is capable of smoothly charging storage elements and reliably detecting an overvoltage of each of the storage elements. Electric storage device includes charging/discharging limiting circuit. Charging/discharging limiting circuit includes charge element, discharge element, control unit, charging current detection unit, voltage detection unit, valuable reference... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090072792 - Internal state estimating device of secondary battery: An internal-state estimating device of a secondary battery has an electric current detecting means, a secondary-battery terminal voltage detecting means, a running state judging means, an electric-current random-noise impressing means and a secondary-battery internal-state estimating means. The electric current detecting means detects an electric current for a vehicle drive motor... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090072790 - Low side n-channel fet protection circuit: The present invention relates to a battery protection circuit for protecting a plurality of batteries connected in series. The battery protection circuit includes: a controller for monitoring the batteries and outputting control signals based on predetermined conditions associated with the batteries; a first N-channel MOSFET and a second N-channel MOSFET... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090072793 - Rechargeable battery assembly and power system using same: A rechargeable battery, battery set or battery pack having a circuit or a plurality of circuits for providing self-discharging thereof electrically connected in parallel are used to form rechargeable battery assemblies and electric power supply systems for use in electric and hybrid vehicles and the like.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090072794 - Apparatus for charging on-vehicle battery and apparatus for controlling generating operation of on-vehicle generator: An on-vehicle charging apparatus charges a battery mounted on the vehicle. In the apparatus, a generator generates electric power to output voltage for charging the battery and a controller, which is located outside the generator, outputs a pulse signal for controlling a generated state of the generator. A reception device... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090072795 - Temperature sensing device in an integrated circuit: A temperature sensing device can be embedded in a memory circuit in order to sense the temperature of the memory circuit. One oscillator generates a temperature variable signal that increases frequency as the temperature of the oscillator increases and decreases frequency when the temperature of the oscillator decreases. A temperature... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A. Attn: Kenneth W. Bolvin

20090072796 - Usb charger circuit: A USB charger circuit includes at least a converter, a control circuitry, a first resistor, a second resistor, an error amplifier, a sense resistor and a diode. The converter has a transistor. The control circuitry is coupled to the transistor. The control circuitry is used for producing a drive signal... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090066287 - Business methods in a power aggregation system for distributed electric resources: Systems and methods are described for a power aggregation system. In one implementation, a method includes determining a level of renewable energy on a power grid, determining a price of electricity on the power grid, and scheduling a charging of an electric resource connected to the power grid as a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090066289 - Battery charger with a planar bus: A battery charging system which includes an input circuit configured to receive an input power and provide an output power on a first output terminal and a second output terminal. An output circuit has a first input terminal connected to the first output terminal and a second input terminal connected... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090066288 - Battery charger with wind tunnel cooling: A battery charging system which includes a main housing with a main chamber defined by a base, an end panel mounted on each end of the base, and a cover enclosing the end panels. At least one battery charging connector is connected to the housing. A power supply is connected... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090066290 - Battery charger with high frequency transformer: A battery-charging system includes a power supply having a high-frequency transformer and is configured to deliver a battery charging power to charge at least one battery. The high-frequency transformer has a bobbin including an elongated top and bottom surfaces and first and second substantially semi-circular end surfaces connecting the top... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090066291 - Distributed energy storage control system: A Distributed Energy Storage Control System (DESCS) comprised of one or a plurality of identical BMS (Battery Management System) battery unit (40), series-parallel system controller (60) and DESCS main controller (70). Each BMS battery unit (40) including a smart battery unit (10), a discharge bypass path control switch (43), a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090066292 - Battery structure and charging device adapted for the battery structure: A battery structure and a charging device adapted for the battery structure are provided. The battery structure comprises N battery cells, (N−1) movable connectors, and a protection device, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one. The charging device comprises an open circuit device and a power supply. The... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090066293 - Voltage comparison circuit: A voltage comparison circuit makes a comparison between a first voltage and a second voltage. A resistor and a constant current source are provided in series between the first voltage and the ground voltage. A comparator receives the second voltage via one input terminal (non-inverting input terminal), and the voltage... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090066294 - Dynamic power recharge management for a handheld measurement system: The present invention provides a method and system suitable for managing battery power recharging of a handheld measurement system that combines a handheld computer or PDA and a measurement sled. The software consistently monitors both the charge levels of the PDA and sled during recharging by monitoring a difference in... Agent: Philip Thomas Virga

20090066295 - Method for charging non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A method for charging a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the step of repeating pulse charging and charging pause, in which a pulse charging time is arbitrarily set between a lower limit value and an upper limit value, the lower limit value being an inverse time Tx of a frequency... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090066296 - System and method for charging plural information handling system batteries: Plural batteries installed in an information handling system are simultaneously charged in a constant current mode to a predetermined charge and then in a constant voltage mode to a full charge to provide a reduced charge time and improved battery life. A current regulator integrated in a battery casing monitors... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090058353 - Apparatus and method for charging battery using solar cell: A charging apparatus and method for charging a battery of a mobile terminal using a thin film printed solar cell. The apparatus has an outer case including electrochromic elements and a thin film printed solar cell. A control unit controls charging of the battery so that a color of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090058352 - Cold storage device capable of collecting solar power: A cold storage device includes a rechargeable battery set disposed in an inner receiving space in a case body, a thermoelectric cooling unit mounted in the case body and connected electrically to the rechargeable battery set for cooling a cold storage space in the case body, a charging mode selecting... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090058354 - Solar-powered media system and apparatus: Solar-powered media systems and apparatuses are disclosed. The solar-powered media systems and apparatuses comprise shade structures, solar cells, energy storage devices, electronics and/or circuitry, docking stations, wireless communications devices, and audio and/or visual components capable of outputting media content. One aspect of the solar-powered media system and apparatus pertains to... Agent: Brown Rudnick LLP

20090058355 - Electric vehicle battery module and replacement system: An apparatus and method is disclosed for the housing, removal, recharging, and replacing of electric vehicle batteries. The apparatus includes a modular battery carriage and a vehicular battery carriage compartment allowing replacement of electric vehicle batteries to suit the needs of the operator at the service station and an automated... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090058356 - Multi-charging device and method: Provided is a multi-charging device and method by which a plurality of portable-device batteries can be charged simultaneously. The multi-charging device includes charging terminal connector including a socket to receive power from an external source and a plurality of charging terminals. Each charging terminal is connected with the charging terminal... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090058357 - Battery charging unit: An arrangement for charging a battery provided on a trolley, for example a battery used to run a display units, alarms or calls for assistance provided on shopping or supermarket trolleys, the arrangement comprising a charging station having guide rail with a channel, at least two contacts such as brush... Agent: Shaper Iler Sue Z. Shaper

20090058358 - Power receiving device, and electronic apparatus and non-contact charger using the same: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus (1) comprising a power receiving device (2) and an electronic apparatus main body (3). The power receiving device (2) comprises a power receiving coil (11) having a spiral coil, a rectifier (12) and a secondary battery (13). The electronic apparatus main body (3) comprises an... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090058359 - Multifunction charger system and method: An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple... Agent: Research In Motion Corp./cr Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090058360 - Self-charging portable electronic device: A self-charging portable electronic device (100) is provided. A self-charging portable electronic device includes a rechargeable battery (80) and a generator (30) configured for charging the rechargeable battery. The generator includes at least one pair of magnetic N-pole (41) and S-pole (40), a charging circuit module (60), a rotating member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090058361 - Systems and methods for wireless power: The present invention is a wireless power system which includes components which can be recharged by harvesting wireless power, wireless power transmitters for transmitting the power, and devices which are powered from the components. Features such as temperature monitoring, tiered network protocols including both data and power communication, and power... Agent: John, Michael Sasha

20090058363 - Battery charge control circuit: A DC-DC voltage down-converter for an electronic device supplied by a battery and having a bus interface for the interconnection with another electronic device capable of supplying electric power is provided. The DC-DC voltage down-converter includes a terminal coupled to a voltage supply line of the bus interface and operable... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090058364 - Electric power supply control system for vehicle: An electric power supply control system has a battery, a vehicular alternator, large electric power systems, operation limitation target systems, and a battery condition management device. Each large electric power system generates a rush current when initiating its operation by electric power supplied. Each operation limitation target system is capable... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090058362 - Protection circuit for battery pack and battery pack having the same: A protection circuit for a battery pack is provided in which a positive temperature coefficient device is electrically connected in a current path of the battery pack to control current flowing through the current path in response to an internal temperature of the battery pack. The protection circuit for a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090058365 - Secondary battery protection semiconductor device: A disclosed secondary battery protection semiconductor device protects the secondary battery by detecting values of at least plural detection items corresponding to the secondary battery including the detection items of overcharge, overdischarge, charge overcurrent, discharge overcurrent, short-circuit current, and overheat; comparing the detected values with corresponding detection levels that are... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090058366 - Battery charging and discharging control apparatus: A battery charging-discharging control apparatus includes an estimation circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The estimation circuit estimates an internal resistance of a battery. The detection circuit detects a charging-discharging current of the battery. The control circuit predicts a behavior of a voltage of the battery based on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090058367 - Adaptive battery estimator and method: An adaptive battery estimation control system includes a fixed and adaptive battery estimators effective for a battery parameter estimations across a wide range of dynamic battery operational conditions.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090058368 - System and method for re-initiating charge cycle for battery pack left in a charger: A system and method is provided for initiating a charge cycle for a battery pack left in a battery charger. The battery pack includes a battery control unit which is operable to place the battery pack in a sleep mode after a predefined period of inactivity. The battery charger in... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090058369 - Battery charging circuit: The present invention provides a battery charging circuit to charge batteries in phases. In a first charging phase the charging circuit charges the batteries with a large current and at a second charging phase the charging circuit charges the batteries with a much smaller current. The charging circuit includes a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090058370 - Battery pack and charging method: In a battery pack with battery charger, a circuit derives a relatively low constant current from the charge current of the battery charger, and this relatively low constant current is used to charge the battery pack when temperature is below a threshold. Otherwise, the charge current from the battery charger... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090058371 - Auxiliary electric power supply for vehicle and charger/discharger for vehicle: The auxiliary electric power supply for a vehicle has a first switch electrically connected to an I/O end; a capacitor bank; a discharge resistance; and a controller. The capacitor bank has series-connected electric double layer capacitors, and balanced resistances. Each of the balanced resistance is parallel-connected to each electric double... Agent: Ratnerprestia