Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions 08/09

20090212735 - Reconfigurable charging control module: The present invention provides a reconfigurable charging control module whose energy transmission state can be changed or adjusted according to the specifications of an energy storage device that is to receive energy. The energy transmission state can be changed or adjusted in a contact or contactless manner. In addition, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090212736 - Inductive power supply system with battery type detection: An inductive power supply system to wirelessly charge a remote device based on detected battery characteristics. The system includes an inductive power supply with a primary coil capable of inductively providing power to a secondary coil in a remote device. The inductive power supply and remote device include communication means... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20090212737 - Inductively coupled shelving and storage containers: Inductively coupled shelving units and storage containers with integrated primary coils, as well as inductively coupled systems for storing and charging tools, are provided. Power is inductively coupled from a primary coil to a device containing a secondary coil. Primary coils may be integrated into a shelving unit to charge... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090212738 - Battery charging system and method of reducing variation in battery charging cycle count: A battery charging system includes a housing having a plurality of docking stations coupled therewith. A control device is coupled with a battery charging interface of each of the plurality of docking stations, and is configured to reduce variation in charging cycle count among a plurality of batteries configured to... Agent: Michael B. Mcneil Liell & Mcneil Attorneys Pc

20090212739 - Charging a secondary battery: A method of charging a battery includes applying a charging current from a semiconductor device to the battery during a first battery charging time period. The method also includes measuring a charging voltage level at the battery during the first battery charging time period. During a non-charging voltage measurement time... Agent: Toler Law Group (freescale)

20090212741 - Battery charging and discharging by using a bi-directional transistor: A battery charger for an electronic device receives current limited power from an external power source, such as a Universal Serial Bus power interface. The battery charger can linearly regulate a charging current to an internal battery and limit the charging current so as not to demand current in excess... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090212742 - Lithium ion battery and method of power conservation for the same: A lithium ion battery and a method of power conservation for the same are provided. A bare cell including an electrode assembly with a plurality of electrodes and a protective circuit are coupled together via the plurality of electrodes. The protective circuit includes a remaining charge control circuit that internally... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090212740 - On-board battery supervisor: An on-board battery supervisor that monitors the state-of-charge (SOC) of a lead-acid vehicle battery and automatically disconnects loads from the battery to prevent over-discharging of the battery, is disclosed. As the battery is being discharged, the on-board battery supervisor disconnects loads at an SOC level that leaves enough energy in... Agent: Jimmie Doyle Felps

20090212743 - Molten salt composition and use thereof: A molten salt composition is disclosed containing two or more types of molten salt MTFSI whose anion is an imide anion TFSI and whose cation is an alkali metal M exhibits a lower electrolyte melting point and a wider operating temperature range than a simple salt does. This brings about... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090212745 - Method for battery charging based on cost and life: One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a system that includes a battery, an electric vehicle, the battery coupled to the electric vehicle to propel the electric vehicle, and a charging circuit to charge the battery. The embodiment includes a charging cost circuit to estimate a charging cost rate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090212744 - System for use in gathering or processing data in a healthcare facility having fleet of mobile workstations: A system for use in gathering and/or processing data in healthcare facilities includes a fleet of mobile workstations, a set of interchangeable batteries for the fleet of mobile workstations and a battery recharging system for the set of interchangeable batteries. The battery recharging system includes a common battery charger and... Agent: Michael B. Mcneil Liell & Mcneil Attorney Pc

20090206790 - Intrinsically safe battery powered power supply: An intrinsically safe battery powered device (100) includes a housing (102), a battery receiving region (104), an intrinsically safe power supply (108, 110), and device electrical circuitry (112). The power supply (108, 110) uses energy from batteries (106) received in the batter receiving region (104) of the device (100) to... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20090206791 - Non-contact power charging system and control method thereof: A non-contact power charging, in which power transmission can be interrupted when foreign materials are deposited on a charge plate of the non-contact power charging system. A charging operation can be continuously maintained at a stable voltage even if a non-contact power receiving apparatus moves by touching or displacement on... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20090206792 - Automatic disconnect of an ac source from a converter: A system for automatic disconnect of an AC source from a converter that includes a converter and a converter. The converter includes a power supply capable of being connected to an alternating current (AC) power source and converting an AC voltage to a direct current (DC) voltage. The portable device... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20090206793 - System and method for rebalancing a battery during vehicle operation: A system and method for rebalancing a battery in a vehicle during vehicle operation, the battery including a plurality of modules, is provided. The method may include determining when an automatic rebalance mode start condition is satisfied, modifying a target state of charge for the battery at least in part... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090206794 - Linearly regulated battery charger: A battery charger for an electronic device receives current limited power from an external power source, such as a Universal Serial Bus power interface. The battery charger can linearly regulate a charging current to an internal battery and limit the charging current so as not to demand current in excess... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090206795 - Selector circuit for power management in multiple battery systems: A selector circuit configured to select among a DC power source and a plurality of batteries for an electronic device. The selector circuit is responsive to an output signal from an associated power management unit. The selector circuit is further configured to permit parallel operation of two or more of... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090206796 - System and method for charging batteries: A high frequency battery charger includes a converter, drive logic, and control logic. The converter transforms a DC voltage into a high frequency AC voltage. The drive logic controls a conversion of the high frequency AC voltage through a train of pulses. The control logic adjusts the output of the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090206797 - Methods and apparatus for dynamically charging batteries for an information handling system: The disclosure provides a method for charging a battery in an information handling system. The method includes prompting a user to select from a plurality of charging modes for the battery, wherein the charging modes comprise a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode. The method further includes... Agent: Andrea E. Tran Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20090206798 - Power source with temperature sensing: A modular and scalable power source can be used to supplement and/or replace existing sources of power. In some embodiments, a DC source can be used to charge a battery in a host system, provide power as a back-up system, or be a primary source of power. The power source... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090206799 - Power supply system for a portable electronic device and related device and method: A power supply system for a portable electronic device includes a rechargeable battery capable of being coupled to the portable electronic device by insertion for providing operating power for the portable electronic device, a storage device installed in the rechargeable battery, and a recharging device installed in the portable electronic... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090206800 - Electronic device and connector fitting method: An electronic device (30) of the this invention includes an external device connecting connector (33) to be connected to a power supplying connector (40) of an external device (41) having a power supplying function, an electronic circuit (31) which performs predetermined operation upon reception of power supplied from the external... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090200982 - Usb port with smart power management: A method involves detecting an inrush current that flows out of a USB port of a first electronic device when a central processing unit (CPU) of the first electronic device is not being powered. The inrush current is detected by a novel inrush current detect circuit when a second electronic... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20090200984 - Hearing aid battery charger: A battery charger (10) for charging a rechargeable battery (45, 46) which is located in a hearing aid (18, 20), the battery charger (10) includes a power supply for supplying a charging current to the rechargeable battery (45, 46), a hearing aid connector for reception and accommodation of the hearing... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group, LLP (gn Resound)

20090200983 - Self-powering on-board power generation: An electric power generator for use in recharging a storage cell is provided. The electric power generator comprises an energy captor coupled with a shipping container, wherein the energy captor is configured to capture energy from a motion of the shipping container. An energy converter is coupled with the energy... Agent: Wagner Blecher LLP

20090200985 - Systems and methods for receiving and managing power in wireless devices: Exemplary systems and methods are provided for collecting/harvesting direct current (DC) power received from a power source(s). The system comprises a controlled impedance power controller comprises a power converter configured to present a positive equivalent resistive load to the at least one power source over a range of input power... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090200987 - Charging apparatus and charging/discharging apparatus: Charging apparatus 10 includes secondary battery 13 used for buffering, rectifier 11 that supplies direct current power to secondary battery 13 used for buffering, DC-DC converter 14 connected to driving battery 3 in electric vehicle 2 via charging cable 4, switching control circuit 12, and isothermal wind generator 16 that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090200986 - Protective circuit for energy-storage device: A method and apparatus for protecting an energy-storage device (ESD), such as a rechargeable battery, is provided. A protective circuit protects an ESD from adverse charging and loading conditions including overcharging, overdischarging, charging at an excessive rate and discharging at an excessive rate. The protective circuit selectively disables charging and... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090200988 - Power aggregation system for distributed electric resources: Systems and methods are described for a power aggregation system. In one implementation, a method includes a establishing a communication connection with each of multiple electric resources connected to a power grid, receiving an energy generation signal from a power grid operator, and controlling a number of the electric resources... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090200989 - Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device: The present invention is directed at a method of handling a device charging state for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connected mobile electronic device comprising the steps of sensing a presence of a bus voltage; sensing an enumeration acknowledgement signal between the device and a USB host; and transmitting a... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090200990 - Interchangeable accumulator unit: Provision is made for an interchangeable accumulator unit comprising a housing (10, 20) and a lithium accumulator cell (40) arranged in the housing. Provision is further made in the housing of the accumulator unit for a charging circuit (50) for controlling the charging process of the lithium accumulator cell (40).... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090200991 - Power supply system: A limit value of an output current of power converter is defined as a first current value when a voltage at both ends of capacitor is higher than a voltage at both ends of battery, and a limit value of the output current thereof is defined as a second current... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090200982 - Usb port with smart power management: A method involves detecting an inrush current that flows out of a USB port of a first electronic device when a central processing unit (CPU) of the first electronic device is not being powered. The inrush current is detected by a novel inrush current detect circuit when a second electronic... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20090200984 - Hearing aid battery charger: A battery charger (10) for charging a rechargeable battery (45, 46) which is located in a hearing aid (18, 20), the battery charger (10) includes a power supply for supplying a charging current to the rechargeable battery (45, 46), a hearing aid connector for reception and accommodation of the hearing... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group, LLP (gn Resound)

20090200983 - Self-powering on-board power generation: An electric power generator for use in recharging a storage cell is provided. The electric power generator comprises an energy captor coupled with a shipping container, wherein the energy captor is configured to capture energy from a motion of the shipping container. An energy converter is coupled with the energy... Agent: Wagner Blecher LLP

20090200985 - Systems and methods for receiving and managing power in wireless devices: Exemplary systems and methods are provided for collecting/harvesting direct current (DC) power received from a power source(s). The system comprises a controlled impedance power controller comprises a power converter configured to present a positive equivalent resistive load to the at least one power source over a range of input power... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090200987 - Charging apparatus and charging/discharging apparatus: Charging apparatus 10 includes secondary battery 13 used for buffering, rectifier 11 that supplies direct current power to secondary battery 13 used for buffering, DC-DC converter 14 connected to driving battery 3 in electric vehicle 2 via charging cable 4, switching control circuit 12, and isothermal wind generator 16 that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090200986 - Protective circuit for energy-storage device: A method and apparatus for protecting an energy-storage device (ESD), such as a rechargeable battery, is provided. A protective circuit protects an ESD from adverse charging and loading conditions including overcharging, overdischarging, charging at an excessive rate and discharging at an excessive rate. The protective circuit selectively disables charging and... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090200988 - Power aggregation system for distributed electric resources: Systems and methods are described for a power aggregation system. In one implementation, a method includes a establishing a communication connection with each of multiple electric resources connected to a power grid, receiving an energy generation signal from a power grid operator, and controlling a number of the electric resources... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090200989 - Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device: The present invention is directed at a method of handling a device charging state for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connected mobile electronic device comprising the steps of sensing a presence of a bus voltage; sensing an enumeration acknowledgement signal between the device and a USB host; and transmitting a... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090200990 - Interchangeable accumulator unit: Provision is made for an interchangeable accumulator unit comprising a housing (10, 20) and a lithium accumulator cell (40) arranged in the housing. Provision is further made in the housing of the accumulator unit for a charging circuit (50) for controlling the charging process of the lithium accumulator cell (40).... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090200991 - Power supply system: A limit value of an output current of power converter is defined as a first current value when a voltage at both ends of capacitor is higher than a voltage at both ends of battery, and a limit value of the output current thereof is defined as a second current... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090195210 - Battery temperature regulator with suitable arrangement of temperature sensor: A temperature regulator is provided for a battery which includes an electrode body, a terminal electrically connected to the electrode body, and a casing that receives the electrode body and supports the terminal with an end portion of the terminal protruding outside of the casing. The casing is electrically and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090195209 - Radiation conversion device: A radiation conversion device, which is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject and converts the radiation into image information. The radiation conversion device includes a battery residual charge amount detector for detecting a residual charge amount of the battery, a transmission rate setting... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090195213 - Conversion systems with balanced cell currents: A conversion system includes a conversion circuit coupled to multiple cells for generating multiple sampling signals indicative of the cell voltages of the cells respectively. Each sampling signal is with respect to the same reference level. In addition, the conversion system includes a compensation circuit coupled to the conversion circuit... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20090195211 - Method and system for regulating current discharge during battery discharge conditioning cycle: Methods and systems are disclosed for utilizing a memory control circuit for controlling transfer of data to and from a memory system. A memory control circuit with a back up battery and control circuits is provided. Battery health is determined through a discharge cycle of the back up battery. A... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090195212 - Method and system for utilizing a memory control circuit for controlling data transfer to and from a memory system: Methods and systems are disclosed for utilizing a memory control circuit for controlling transfer of data to and from a memory system. A memory control circuit with a back up battery and control circuits is provided. Battery health is determined through a discharge cycle of the back up battery. A... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090195214 - Charging system: A mobile electronic device includes circuitry for contactless charging. The circuitry comprises an inductor for contactlessly receiving power and supplying the power to the mobile electronic device. A control stage coupled to the inductor and is adapted to control a supply of power received by the inductor to the load... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090195215 - Charging apapratus and charging method: A charging apparatus is provided and is configured to accept temperature information corresponding to a temperature of a secondary battery or a battery pack, supply a charging current to the secondary battery or the battery pack when the temperature is within a set charge temperature range, and interrupt the charging... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090195216 - Method and system for protection of a lithium-based multicell battery pack including a heat sink: A system and method for battery protection. In some aspects, a battery pack includes a housing, a cell supported by the housing, a circuit supported by the housing and operable to control a function of the battery pack, and a heat sink in heat transfer relationship with the circuit and... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20090195217 - Providing power based on state of charge: A modular and scalable power source can be used to supplement an existing source of power. In one embodiment, a DC source can be used to maintain a power source of a host system in a specific state in order to cause a desired behavior.... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090195218 - System and method of trickle charging a battery in a narrow rail architecture: A method for charging a battery of an electronic device using a connected a/c power adapter comprising the steps of determining a state of a transistor connecting a regulated voltage to the battery and switching a charging current applied to the battery between a quick charge level and a trickle... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090195219 - Battery soc estimation program, wireless transit system, and method of charging the battery: Occurrence of overcharging and over discharging of batteries mounted on vehicles that travel on predetermined tracks in a wireless transit system is prevented by estimating SOC of the batteries with accuracy. The program in which an equivalent circuit of the battery is set such that the equivalent circuit is composed... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090195221 - Capacitor charger with a modulated current varying with an input voltage and method thereof: In a capacitor charger including a transformer having a primary winding connected with an input voltage and a secondary winding for transforming a primary current flowing through the primary winding to a secondary current flowing through the secondary winding, the primary current is adjusted according to a monitoring voltage varying... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090195220 - Recoverable ultracapacitor electrode: An exemplar method of recovering a capacitance level of a double layer capacitor is disclosed. Further implementations describe making electrodes and double layer capacitors that provide a recovery of capacitance after that capacitor has undergone a fade in capacitance. In one implementation, for example, methods of treating a double layer... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.