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Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090134836 - Devices and methods for electronic device recharging: Disclosed are devices and methods for regulating providing a charge via a charge receiving port of one device, the one device coupled to another device having a charge providing port. In one embodiment, the ports can be coupled by a cable. In another embodiment, the ports can be coupled wirelessly.... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090134837 - Portable electronic device and capacitive charger providing data transfer and associated methods: The electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is temporarily placed adjacent the charger. The portable electronic device includes a device data communication unit and an associated battery, and a pair of device capacitive electrodes,... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090134838 - Circular self-powered magnetic generator: An improved power generation apparatus 100 has one or more moving permanent magnets 10, the rapid movement of the one or more permanent magnets 10 successively switches on and off the different electromagnets 20 in sequence to pull the one or more magnets 10 in a circular motion. This circular... Agent: David L. King, Sr.

20090134839 - Alterable battery charger: An alterable battery charger for charging a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The alterable battery charger includes a clamp for clamping the rechargeable battery, a first interface disposed on the clamp to connect to an external power, and two conductive pieces disposed in the clamp. At least one of the conductive... Agent: Chih Feng Yeh Brian M. Mcinnis

20090134840 - Charging circuit for secondary battery: The present invention, by connecting an operational amplifier to a midpoint between a plurality of serially connected battery cells constituting the secondary battery, provides a charging circuit for a secondary battery, which is capable of inhibiting a charge/discharge current from flowing to the midpoint and an input/output current from flowing... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090134841 - Method and system for power management: A method for managing power of a power source and a system is disclosed. The method includes determining (404) a power source capacity value for the power source having a plurality of cells. Further, the method includes determining (406) a cell-capacity value for each cell of the plurality of cells.... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090134842 - Nickel-metal hydride battery using alkali ion conducting separator: A nickel-metal hydride storage battery comprising a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy, an alkaline electrolyte, and an alkali conducting separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The alkali conducting separator may be a solid alkali metal ion super ion... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20090134843 - Method and apparatus for detecting internal electric state of in-vehicle secondary battery: In a proposed apparatus and method, constant-voltage charge is performed with an in-vehicle secondary battery immediately after start of a vehicle or during running of the vehicle. A quantity relevant to polarization caused in the battery immediately after start of the constant-voltage charge is calculated using data of the charge... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090134844 - Apparatus and method for recycling and reusing charge in an electronic circuit: An apparatus and method for recycling and reusing charge in an electronic circuit. The apparatus includes at least one capacitor coupled to a circuit block in the electronic circuit, the capacitor being configured to collect current charge consumed by the circuit block when set to a charge collection mode, and... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20090128088 - Fuel cartridge interconnect for portable fuel cells: A hybrid power supply includes a fuel cell and an interface between the fuel cell and a fuel cartridge or external battery and a switching type DC/DC boost type converter that receives energy from the fuel cell or external battery and is arranged to deliver the energy to a rechargeable... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090128085 - Integrated wind and solar power generting structure: An integrated wind and solar power generating structure has a box shape for facilitating moving, installing, disassembling so as to help promotion. The structure includes a foundation disposed on the ground for supporting the weight of the structure. The foundation has a flagpole for a set of connecting rods to... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090128089 - Light detection power system and method for same: The invention concerns a light detection power system (105). The system can include a solar cell charging circuit (120) having at least one solar cell (116) in which the solar cell charging circuit can provide power to a power source (114), a lighting circuit (122) that receives power from the... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20090128087 - Power supply apparatus using fuel cell: An power supply apparatus includes an adaptor provided with an identification mechanism to identify the type of a secondary cell, the adaptor detachably accommodating the secondary cell; and a charger main body provided with a fuel cell to generate electric power, a charging circuit to charge by supplying electric power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090128086 - Solar charging apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal: A contactless charging apparatus, comprising: a battery having an induction coil; and a charging unit for supplying a current generated by condensing solar light to a built-in magnetic field generating coil for charging the battery by inductive coupling between the magnetic field generating coil and the induction coil.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090128090 - Portable charger for consumer electronic devices: Disclosed herein is a portable charger for mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices like iPOD, MP3 players, etc. The portable charger is a plug-and-charge device, it includes both male and female connectors, built-in rechargeable Li-Polymer or Li-Ion battery, LED and ON/OFF button. USB-flash-drive like design with cap covering male... Agent: Gang Bi

20090128091 - Battery charger for portable devices and related methods: A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090128092 - Base case battery with storage: An aspect of the invention provides a base case battery for a portable personal computer. The base case battery includes a base case, a charging portion, a storage device, and holding portions. The charging portion is disposed in the base case, and configured to be electrically connected to the power... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090128093 - Accumulator and combination of accumulator with device: The invention discloses an accumulator/device combination and an accumulator. In the case of the combination, the unit is connected to the accumulator via at least one current supply line. A device operating switch is arranged in the device. A monitoring unit is arranged in the accumulator. The monitoring unit comprises... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090128094 - Alarm-including protection apparatus for lithium-ion battery and method thereof: An alarm-including protection apparatus and method thereof are used to protect a lithium-ion battery with a plurality of series cells. The protection apparatus includes a voltage balance controller for detecting the terminal voltage of each cell and correcting the terminal voltage of each cell. A protection unit and the lithium-ion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090128095 - Circuit for measuring and controlling differential voltages: The invention relates to circuits for managing differential voltages in series. To individually control the differential voltages of voltage sources in series, there is provided an integrated control circuit for a set of N sources in series. This circuit comprises N discharge control and measurement cells which are each produced... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090128096 - Electronic apparatus with remaining battery power indicating function: An electronic apparatus has a multiplicity of display units including an electronic viewfinder and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The apparatus has various display modes. The remaining battery power, i.e., estimated amounts of remaining battery times relative to a current remaining battery capacity, are calculated for the respective display... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090128097 - Method and system for tracking battery state-of-health: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining battery state of health are provided. A battery that is substantially uncharged is charged with a substantially constant charge current. A time duration of the charging of the battery with the substantially constant charge current is determined. A state of health of the battery... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20090128098 - Pulse generating circuit, control method for pulse generating circuit, transmitter, and electronic device: A pulse generating circuit includes: a boosting circuit which boosts power source voltage supplied from an external primary battery and produces boosted voltage higher than the power source voltage; a secondary battery to be charged with the boosted voltage; a pulse circuit which generates a pulse; a switch element connected... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090128099 - Method and arrangement for controlling an electrical device: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for detecting a situation in which an electrical device is connected to another electrical device. The electrical device comprises a first, second, and third electrical contact terminal (101, 102, 103). Non-zero voltage is arranged between the second and third electrical contact terminal.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090121672 - Leakage detection device of vehicle mounted power supply system: A leakage detection can be correctly performed both in a DC high voltage circuit and in an AC high voltage circuit in a vehicle-mounted power supply system. Under a state where a contactor 17 is turned off, all IGBT elements (switching elements) 76 in an IGBT inverter circuit 12 are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090121673 - Charging system for walking robot and charging method therefor: A charging system for a walking robot which charges a battery mounted on the walking robot by connecting a power supplying connector provided in a charging station to a power receiving connector in the walking robot, wherein the walking robot is capable of moving without significant restrictions during charging. The... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090121674 - Charging device with boundary mode control: A charging device with boundary mode control is disclosed. The charging device includes a transformer, a power switch, a detection circuit and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller. The power switch is electrically connected to one end of a primary-side winding of the transformer. The detection circuit is electrically connected to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090121676 - Charging system for enhancing convenience: A charging system for enhancing convenience includes a charging device for generating an electromagnetic wave signal, and a rechargeable device installed in a portable electronic device for receiving the electromagnetic wave signal through electromagnetic induction, so as to perform recharging.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090121675 - Electronic control method for a planar inductive battery charging apparatus: This invention provides an electronic control method for a planar inductive battery charging apparatus on which one or more electronic loads such as mobile phones, MP3 players etc can be placed and charged simultaneously. The power control circuit of the charging pad consists of two power conversion stages. Depending on... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090121677 - Power receiving device, and electronic apparatus and non-contact charging system using the same: An electronic apparatus (1) includes a power receiving device (2) and an electronic apparatus main body (3). The power receiving device (2) includes a power receiving coil (11) having a spiral coil, a rectifier (12), and a secondary battery (13). The electronic apparatus main body (3) includes an electronic device... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090121678 - Feeder-lineless traffic system and charging method therefor: Provided is a railway type feeder-lineless traffic system in which the weight of a vehicle is reduced while the structure of the vehicle is simplified, and it is possible to carry out a quick charge during a brief stopping time at a station or the like. A charging method in... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090121679 - Apparatus for supplying power to a portable electronic device: Disclosed is an apparatus for supplying power to a portable electronic device. The apparatus comprises a power adapter, a replaceable lens, and a detachable module. The power adapter is coupled to a power source and is capable of receiving power from the power source. The replaceable lens is removably secured... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090121681 - Charging a portable electrical device: A portable electrical device requiring periodic recharging mates with a corresponding charging device by dropping or placing the portable device on or in the charger without pre-alignment by the user. The charger-to-device interface self aligns the portable electrical device in the charger for charging. Preferably, the charger is a bowl-shaped... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090121680 - Desktop charger holder: A desktop charger holder (1) of this invention includes a holder portion (2) which stores a portable telephone (7), a base (3) which supports the holder portion (2), pivot enabling means (9, 16) for enabling the holder portion (2) to be pivotal with respect to the base (3), and holding/fixing... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090121683 - Back-gate voltage generator circuit, four-terminal back gate switching fet, and charge and discharge protection circuit using same: A back-gate voltage generator circuit generating a back-gate voltage of a four-terminal back gate switching MOSFET for charge and discharge control is disclosed. The back-gate voltage generator circuit includes first and second n-type MOSFETs connected in series through a common source electrode. A voltage at the common source electrode of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090121682 - Semiconductor unit for protecting secondary battery, battery pack having the semiconductor unit built-in and electronic apparatus using it: A semiconductor unit for protecting a secondary battery has a current detecting terminal converting a charging current to a negative voltage with respect to a negative electrode potential (ground potential) of the secondary battery when the secondary battery is charged, converting the charging current to a positive voltage with respect... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090121684 - Systems and methods for pulse charging a battery: Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for charging a battery. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising determining if a maximum current output of a power source is above a threshold, configuring a regulator coupled to the power source, wherein the regulator is configured in a... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20090121685 - Charging system, charging control program, and portable terminal: A charging system of the present invention is a charging system for charging a battery mounted on a portable telephone 100, and includes a charging control unit 174 that performs supply and control of the charging electric current and the charging voltage to the battery, a device temperature monitoring unit... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090121687 - Charging method and charging apparatus: A charging apparatus for charging a plurality of batteries has at least two modes including a first mode and a second mode, in which amounts of electricity to charge the batteries are set with reference to a fully charged capacity of the batteries. The apparatus includes mode selection means for... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090121686 - Power saving charger: A power saving charger comprises a switch circuit having an input end connected to an AC current source for turning on or turn off AC current; a switch driving circuit having an output end connected to the switch circuit for outputting signals to turn on or turn off the AC... Agent: Rober Lo 235 Chung - Ho

20090115368 - Distributed electric power generation: The motor vehicle includes an electric generator driven by a heat engine, with an optional natural gas connection to the household. The heat from the exhaust and the engine coolant is connected to household devices that make full use of that heat. As needed, operation of the heat engine is... Agent: James K. Bullis

20090115367 - Portable battery dc charger: A portable battery DC charger includes a DC power storage having a charging terminal and a discharging terminal, a docking station outfitting the DC power storage to retain the DC power storage at a predetermined orientation, and a utility device integrally provided at the docking station, wherein when the DC... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090115369 - Portable electronic apparatus and circuit and method for charging rechargeable battery thereof: A portable electronic apparatus capable of dynamically adjusting a charging current includes a memory unit, a memory controlling unit, a detecting unit, a current-adjusting unit and a rechargeable battery. The memory controlling unit is coupled to the memory unit for reading/writing the data of the memory unit. The detecting unit... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090115370 - Power controller for reducing power consumption of off-line energy loads: An AC powered charging station for multiple charger adapters is provided. The charging station includes a housing with at least one stowage volume with at least three sides collectively sized to accommodate multiple charger adapters. At least one AC outlet is accessible from said stowage volume. At least one relay... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20090115371 - System and method for battery control of hybrid locomotives: A system and method are provided for battery control of hybrid vehicles such as, but not limited to, hybrid locomotives. The system and method are implemented to sense a present state of charge (SoC) of one or more batteries and generate present SoC data there from, sense a present excursion... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090115372 - Discharge control system: A discharge control system of a electric storage pack has a plurality of electric rechargeable cells connected in series and a discharge line is connected from a electric rechargeable cell to a load driving feeding circuit. The discharge control system includes cell voltage detection units for detecting respective cell voltages... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090115373 - Method of charging a powertrain: A method of charging a powertrain includes detecting an external power source in electrical communication with the powertrain, establishing a virtual network between charging control module, and transferring charge from the external power source to the powertrain.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090115374 - Charging circuit for secondary battery, power supply switching method in charging circuit for secondary battery, and power supply unit: A disclosed charging circuit charges a secondary battery by using a first direct current power supply that generates and outputs a first voltage. A highest voltage among the first voltage of the first direct current power supply, a second voltage generated from power supplied from outside, and a secondary battery... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090115375 - Power supply system for vehicle: A power supply system for a vehicle includes: batteries; motor generators operating as rotating electrical machines driven by electric power in the batteries when the vehicle is running, and constituting a first charger when the batteries are charged by electric power received from a source external to the vehicle and;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090115376 - Charging control device for a storage battery: One of first through fourth target state of charge levels, which are set at values that increase gradually over time, is selected on the basis of an ON/OFF state of a specific current consumer installed in the vehicle and a state of charge immediately preceding an engine stoppage. A target... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090115377 - Method of externally charging a powertrain: A method of externally charging a powertrain includes monitoring a voltage level of a first battery, determining when the monitored voltage level is below a first voltage threshold, and when the monitored voltage level is below the first voltage threshold, charging the first battery by supplying power from an external... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC