Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 07/09

20090189562 - Charging system for charging battery pack: A charging system has a battery pack and a charging device. The battery pack has a battery cell and a plurality of identifiers that identify a configuration of the battery cell. The charging device has a charging unit, a signal transmission unit, a reading unit, and a control unit. The... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090189563 - Test device for testing charge performance of electronic device: A test device (100) for charge performance of an electronic device (60) that including a battery port (61) and a charge port (62), which includes a first switch (10), a second switch (20), a reset chip (40) and a control unit (50). The second switch is connected to the first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090189565 - Contact-less power transfer: There is disclosed a system and method for transferring power without requiring direct electrical conductive contacts. There is provided a primary unit having a power supply and a substantially laminar charging surface having at least one conductor that generates an electromagnetic field when a current flows therethrough and having an... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20090189564 - Hybrid automotive vehicle with closed-circuit, inductance battery charging: An underground source of electrical energy is inductively coupled to a receiver on a hybrid automotive vehicle to provide charging power for the vehicle's battery.... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20090189566 - Energy storage system and method of charging: A lighting system is provided that includes at least one lighting device, at least one connector, and a plurality of external power sources. The external power sources are adapted to be electrically connected to the lighting device by the connector. One of the external power sources is an energy storage... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20090189567 - Zinc anode battery using alkali ion conducting separator: A zinc anode storage battery comprising a first electrode containing zinc or a zinc alloy, a second electrode containing an oxidizing material capable of electrochemical reduction by zinc, an alkaline electrolyte, and a substantially non-porous, alkali-ion conducting separator provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The alkali conducting... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20090189568 - Electronic system for a battery: An electronic system for a battery designed to supply electrical power to an application, such as in an aircraft, that includes a main power supply, comprises a charging circuit (30) with a charger (K3C), a first battery discharging circuit (20) in parallel with the charging circuit, a component ensuring continuity... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090189569 - Charging systems and related methods thereof: Disclosed is a method for controlling charging current to a battery of a charging system, performed by a control unit of the charging system. The method includes: (a) detecting that a device is coupled to the charging system; (b) adjusting the charging current to a level. The charging current is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090189571 - High efficiency charging circuit and power supply system having such high efficiency charging circuit: A charging circuit includes a main power circuit, a DC-to-DC converting circuit, a detection circuit and a controller. The main power circuit is electrically connected to a power source for converting an input voltage from the power source into a first voltage. The DC-to-DC converting circuit is electrically connected to... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090189570 - Vehicle control system capable of controlling electric-power generation state of vehicle alternator: A vehicle control system has a battery, a vehicle alternator for charging the battery, a vehicle-alternator control device capable of controlling the vehicle alternator, and a battery current detection device. The battery current detection device has a battery current detecting means capable of detecting a charging/discharging current of the battery,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090189572 - Charge control circuit, charging device, and connection checking method: Electrical connection between a charging device and a secondary battery is checked during a wait time in which a charge mode of the charging device is selected. When the electrical connection is not successfully established, a charge current is not supplied from the charging device to the secondary battery.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090184679 - Attachable wireless charging device: An attachable wireless charging device includes a carrier board, a receiving coil, a circuit board, and at least two conductive wires. The carrier board has a back surface on which an adhesive layer is coated. The receiving coil is formed in the carrier board. The circuit board is mounted to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090184680 - Magnetic induction and energy storage system, apparatus and use thereof: The present invention relates to a magnetic induction and energy storage system, apparatus and use thereof. The present invention could be used with a biosensor implanted in a living organism, as a micro electrical device, or for other purposes.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090184681 - Electrically powered vehicle: In a charge/discharge mode, an inverter performs power conversion between a power storage device and a commercial power supply electrically connected to a neutral point through a power line. In the charge/discharge mode, ECU sets a carrier frequency of the inverter to a frequency higher than in a running mode.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090184682 - Battery pack: A plurality of cells are housed in a metal case with positive (+) terminals and negative (−) terminals thereof connected through a connection member. The metal case includes positive-side and negative-side external terminals, and the external terminals and terminals of respective cells are connected to each other by a lead... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090184685 - Battery pack and method of charging the same: A method of charging a battery pack including at least one secondary battery includes charging the secondary battery using a constant current-constant voltage method, measuring a charging voltage applied to the secondary battery, interrupting the charging the secondary battery when the charging voltage of the secondary battery is equal to... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090184684 - No drain power saver: A battery protection device for disconnecting a plurality of batteries from an inverter to avoid excessive discharge. The device comprises at least one battery connector for connecting to the plurality of batteries, at least one inverter cable for connecting to the inverter, and a plurality of wires for connecting to... Agent: Charles C.h. Wu

20090184683 - Vehicle control system for controlling charging and discharging control of a battery: A vehicle control system has a battery mounted to a vehicle, a vehicle alternator charging the battery, a battery current detection device detecting a charging/discharging current of the battery, a voltage regulation device regulating an output voltage of the vehicle alternator to a specified output voltage, and a temperature sensor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090184686 - Battery control system and method: A battery control system and method for a battery of a vehicle includes a battery for supplying electrical power to a plurality of loads of the vehicle and a controller that receives a battery signal representative of a condition of the battery, an ignition key signal representative of a state... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090184688 - Charging appratus and method for mobile terminal: A charging apparatus and method for a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus and method charge a battery by identifying a charger and operating in an operation mode corresponding to the identified charger. If the mobile terminal is connected to a charger via an outer connector in order to charge... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090184689 - Metering system and method of operation: A metering system for measuring the electrical power used to charge a vehicle is provided. The metering system includes an electrical meter operably coupled to a conductor connected to the vehicle and an electrical outlet. A controller receives signals from the meter to record the measured electrical consumption. The controller... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090184687 - Method and apparatus for battery charging based on battery capacity and charging source constraints: A battery charging circuit sets charging current according to either the capacity of the battery under charge or a constraint of the charging source, depending on the properties of the charging source. The battery charging circuit sets termination current, however, according to the capacity of the battery under charge, regardless... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090184690 - Charger: A charger includes: a rectifier to rectify a received radio wave to generate a charging current; a potential generator to generate a bias voltage setting an operating point of the rectifier; and a controller to supply the bias voltage generated by the potential generator when an output voltage of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090179609 - Hv battery equalization charge during driving operation in fuel cell hybrid vehicles: A fuel cell system that includes a method for providing a battery state of charge and voltage equalization during normal operation of the fuel cell system. If a charge equalization has been requested, the method first determines whether the battery temperature is above a predetermined temperature and, if not, proceeds... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090179610 - Mobile power bank: The invention provides a mobile power bank for charging a portable electronic device. The mobile power bank includes a casing, a printed circuit board disposed in the casing, a rechargeable battery disposed in the casing and electrically connecting to the printed circuit board, a curly transmission wire, and an adapter... Agent: Chih Feng Yeh Brian M. Mcinnis

20090179611 - Portable devices having multiple power interfaces: Portable devices having multiple power interfaces are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a processor, a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, when executed from the memory, cause the processor to perform one or more... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090179612 - Bi-directional battery charging for coupled electronic devices: A system for bi-directional battery charging, including a first electronic device, including a first rechargeable battery, for providing power to the first electronic device, and a first battery charger, and a second electronic device, including a second rechargeable battery, for providing power to the second electronic device, a second battery... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20090179613 - Charging device: Provided is a charging device for supplying electric power accumulated in a secondary battery (2) to an electric double layer capacitor (3) to charge the electric double layer capacitor (3) and for discharging at least some of the electric power accumulated in the electric double layer capacitor (3) to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090179614 - Electronic circuit for a small electric appliance: An electronic circuit for a battery-operated electric appliance, can be inductively fed by an external electric power source. The circuit comprises a charging circuit for charging an accumulator (A), which encompasses a charging coil (L2) for generating an alternating current and a rectifier diode (D2), wherein the accumulator (A) is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090179615 - Universal battery charger: Presented is a device for charging a plurality of rechargeable batteries where each of the plurality of rechargeable batteries is disposed in a separate host electronic device during charging. The device includes a charging module, and a plurality of charging tips each in electrical communication with the charging module. Each... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090179617 - Battery state monitoring circuit and battery device: Provided is a battery state monitoring circuit for manufacturing a battery device at low cost, and a battery device including the same. A charge control transistor and a discharge control transistor are structured so as to be operated based on a low-level signal which is based on a ground voltage... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090179616 - Power supply system, vehicle with the same and temperature managing method: A request determining unit compares a battery temperature of a battery unit with a predetermined temperature management value, and produces a heating request or a cooling request when a temperature deviation of a predetermined threshold is present between them. A current direction determining unit determines, based on thermal reaction characteristics... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090179618 - Rechargeable battery pack: A battery pack comprising a power cell for providing power to a load or for receiving a charge from a charger, a first protection circuit for protecting from overvoltage and/or overcurrent conditions, and a second protection circuit for protecting from overtemperature conditions. The protection circuits independently control one or more... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090174361 - Energy harvesting in rfid systems: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing power to devices that are part of RFID systems are described. Energy is harvested at portable/mobile devices, stored and conditioned to provide on-going power as needed for various circuits/components. The energy may be generated in a variety of ways, including using a vibratory energy... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090174362 - Method and apparatus for providing supplemental power to an engine: A method and apparatus provides supplemental power to an engine. The method and apparatus includes a pair of conductive leads for connecting the supplemental power to an engine electrical system, a batter, a relay connected to the conductive leads, a shunt cable connecting the batter to the relay and a... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090174363 - Vehicle system including a plurality of wheeled vehicles docked for vending and recharging: A system employing wheeled vehicles, such as strollers. A plurality of the wheeled vehicles is provided, each having a docking element. A vehicle station has a docking port for each of at least some of the wheeled vehicles. Each docking port has a charging device and is shaped to engage... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090174364 - Power transmission control device, power transmitting device, non-contact power transmitting system, and electronic instrument: A power transmission control device used for a non-contact power transmission system includes an operation mode switching terminal that receives an operation mode switch control signal that switches a mode between an automatic mode and a switch mode, a power transmitting device starting normal power transmission in the automatic mode... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090174365 - Network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles: A system for network-controlled charging of electric vehicles comprises charge transfer devices networked as follows: charge transfer devices and electric vehicle operators communicate via wireless communication links; charge transfer devices are connected by a local area network to a data control unit, which is connected to a server via a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090174366 - Multiple function switching regulator for use in mobile electronic devices: Multiple Function Switching Regulator for Use in Mobile Electronic Devices A mobile electronic device operable to employ a rechargeable battery as a power source includes a peripheral port suitable for connecting an external device to the mobile electronic device and a power management device operable in a first mode as... Agent: Fsi C/o Jackson Walker, LLP

20090174367 - Method and system for operating a portable electronic device in a power-limited manner: Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the substantially depleted battery can be initially charged while a power-intensive operation is delayed. Once the battery has... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20090174369 - Battery management system: A battery management system which can output a battery state enabling optimum charge and discharge control to be performed even when a temperature variation occurs among individual single cells. A plurality of temperature sensors measure temperature values of a battery. A measurement unit measures a voltage and a current of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090174368 - Method for battery charging management: A method for managing the charge of a battery comprising at least one rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided, in which the charging circuit applies a trickle charge current to said battery and, when the temperature of the battery is below a first threshold temperature, an overcharge current for keeping the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090174370 - Power source sensing and battery charging: A battery type detection approach is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of detecting a battery type can include: receiving a signal from a battery module in a portable computing device; determining if the signal is in a first state for at least a first predetermined time before transitioning to... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20090174371 - Charging control device for vehicle use: A charging control device includes a control unit and a switching circuit. The control unit has an input end connected to a vehicle battery for receiving a battery voltage signal therefrom. The switching circuit includes at least two switch units, each of which is connected between an alternator and the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090174372 - Analog output circuit, data signal line driving circuit, display, and potential writing method: In one embodiment of the present invention, a voltage source is disclosed including a lower output impedance is connected to a capacitive load via a switch element and a voltage source including a higher output impedance is connected to the capacitive load via a switch element. Until a potential of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090167239 - Charger: (EN) A charger which can charge a secondary battery suitably with a simple device without particularly requiring fuel supply control, and in which overload to a fuel cell is hard to occur. The charger comprises a fuel supply means (10), a fuel cell (FC) which is supplied with fuel from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090167237 - Flexible power apparatus: A flexible power supply apparatus includes a flexible textile capacitor, a power source, a charging part, and a control circuit. The power source is electrically coupled with the flexible textile capacitor. The charging part for charging an electric product or a secondary battery is electrically coupled with the power source.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090167238 - Method and system for float charging a battery: Float charging a battery comprises charging a battery to a reference voltage that is less than a maximum voltage of the battery. A power source provides power to a charging circuit. The circuit supplies a reference voltage. An operational amplifier float charges the battery to the reference voltage. A comparator... Agent: King & Spalding

20090167240 - Electric battery booster: The device that I invented is used to save gas. It can be placed under the hood of any car. What makes my device different is that it has an electric panel and battery panel stored in the housing of the battery. It is then placed under the hood to... Agent: Sandra Copling

20090167241 - Charger device: A charger device includes a body, an AC power input port, a DC power input port, a battery insertion slot and a power output/input port. The body is provided therein with a circuit board. The AC power input port, the DC power input port and the power output/input port are... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090167242 - Discharge control system: A discharge control system of an electric storage pack controls a discharge line connected from a plurality of electric rechargeable cells to a rotary inductive load or a load driving feeding circuit. The electric rechargeable cells are provided in series within the electric storage pack. The discharge control system includes... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090167243 - Cell balancing systems with multiple controllers: In one embodiment, a cell balancing system includes a first controller for controlling cell balancing of a first set of cells coupled in series, and a second controller for controlling cell balancing of a second set of cells coupled in series. There is at least one common cell in the... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20090167244 - Protection device for assembled battery and assembled battery system containing the same: A protection device for an assembled battery includes a sampling capacitor, first switches and second switches to sample the voltages of the battery cells and hold the voltages in the capacitor, a detection unit which detects the voltages of the battery cells based on the voltage sampled by any one... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090167246 - Battery module and method for determining battery id and temperature: A battery module for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The battery module is connected with the portable electronic device with at least three contacts. The battery module includes a battery, a recognition circuit, and a thermal sensing circuit. The recognition circuit has an energy storage element and a current... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090167245 - Bidirectional power management techniques: Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface)... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090167249 - Method for verifying smart battery failures by measuring input charging voltage and associated systems: A method and associated system are disclosed for verifying charging failures for smart batteries by measuring input charging voltage and associated systems. In one embodiment, a determination is made whether or not a charging current is indicative of a battery failure by utilizing an analog-to-digital (A/D) port to measure the... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090167248 - State of charge equalizing device and assembled battery system including same: A state-of-charge equalizing device equalizes the state of charge of each of cells connected in series to form an assembled battery, and comprises charging/discharging circuits connected in parallel to the respective cells to discharge and/or charge the respective cells, voltage measurement circuits connected to the respective charging/discharging circuits to measure... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090167247 - Voltage balance circuit for rechargeable batteries: Voltage balance circuit for dual cell rechargeable battery having a balancing circuit coupled to an integrated control circuit. The balancing circuit can be configured to charge and discharge current during a voltage balancing process allowing a higher charged cell to discharge or dissipate excess capacity to a lower charged cell.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20090167250 - Electronic device and charging control circuit: An exemplary charging control circuit includes a signal shaping unit, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The signal shaping unit receives a control signal, and is capable of reshaping the received control signal to have a time interval transited from a first state to a second state.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090167251 - Charger protection device: A charger protection device (20) includes an oscillator (201), a resistor (204) electronically connected to the oscillator, a capacitor (203) electronically connected to the resistor and a switch (202). The oscillator (201), the resistor (204) and the capacitor (203) form an oscillating circuit. The switch is electronically connected to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090167253 - Charging circuit, charging system and charging method: A charging circuit includes: a connecting terminal for connection to a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery; a heating portion heating the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery; a charging portion charging the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery connected to the connecting terminal; and a control unit which allows the charging portion to charge the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090167252 - Charging system and charger: A charger that charges a battery unit including a secondary battery, includes a receiving unit, a detection unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives, from the battery unit, battery state information indicating a state of the battery unit, if the secondary battery is being charged.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090167254 - Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle: A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck