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

20090237028 - Power supply device for charge/discharge device, and charge/discharge device: This power supply device includes a series circuit of a first switching element and a second switching element connected in parallel with a DC power supply unit, and a smoothing filter circuit which includes a series circuit of an inductor and a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the second... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090237030 - Charge equalization apparatus: The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which allows the primary and secondary windings of a transformer to be easily fabricated, can control the flow of charge to batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into a battery currently being... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090237029 - Inductive battery charger for service equipment: An inductive battery charging system for a handheld service tool is provided. The system includes a battery charger and a handheld service tool. The battery charger has a primary coil enclosed within a housing, and which is coupled to a power source. The service tool includes a secondary coil, enclosed... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090237031 - Portable media player wireless charger: Various embodiments of a wireless charging device and a method for charging a portable media player are provided. Among other things, the charging device is compact and portable so that it can easily be stowed for transport, greatly enhancing a customer's ability to use the primary portable media player without... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090237032 - Batteries and battery monitoring and charging systems: Batteries and battery monitoring and charging systems. The preferred battery has a plurality of rechargeable cells connected in series, first and second power terminals, each connected to a respective end of the series connection of rechargeable cells, a first connector for connecting to a battery charger, the first connector having... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090237033 - Battery driving device, load control method, integrated circuit and load control program: The present invention aims to provide a battery-driven device that is capable of extending an operating time of a battery (a secondary battery). A battery control unit 220 included in the battery-driven device of the present invention stores therein one or more voltage thresholds, and detects a sharp voltage drop... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090237034 - Battery operated device having power saving mode: A battery-powered electronic device comprises at least one functional circuit and a controller adapted to receive a signal representative of residual energy of a battery powering the device and to cut off operating power of the functional circuit if said residual energy is below a predetermined threshold. The controller is... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090237035 - Circuit and method for detecting absent battery condition in a linear charger: A circuit and method for detecting absent battery condition in a linear charger apply a detecting signal onto an output terminal of the charger and monitor the output terminal to receive a detected signal. The capacitance at the output terminal is significantly different between the presence and absence of a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090237036 - Frequency synthesizer and loop filter used therein: An LPF (15) includes a plurality of capacitors (C1) to (Cn) connected in parallel, switches (SW11) to (SW1n) and (SW21) to (SW2n) for carrying out switching to perform their charging/discharging operation as a pipeline processing, and a capacitor (CH) connected to an output side of a parallel circuit having the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090230915 - Energy system, electronic module, electronic device, and method for manufacturing of said energy system: The invention relates to an energy system comprising an electrochemical energy source, wherein said electrochemical energy source comprises at least one assembly of a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate solid-state electrolyte separating said first electrode and said second electrode. The invention also relates to an electronic module... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090230917 - Method of protecting electricity storage device in hybrid dc power supply system: A method protects a battery in a fuel cell vehicle, in which an inverter-driven motor is supplied with electric power from the battery and a fuel cell. If a battery voltage of the battery falls outside of a prescribed range, a primary current and a secondary current that flow through... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090230916 - System and method for creating a networked infrastructure distribution platform of small wind energy gathering devices: A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of ground-based wind energy generating devices, one or more roads, and a roadway system electricity grid. The roadway system may additionally include, for example, a plurality... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090230918 - Wireless signal processing circuit utilizing charging module as charger and antenna via single connecting port: A wireless signal processing circuit includes a processing module and an inductor, wherein the processing module is utilized to process a wireless signal that is transmitted or received via a connecting port of the processing module. The inductor is coupled to the connecting port and the processing module. A charger... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090230919 - Laptop computer storage and battery charging systems and methods: A control system of a laptop computer storage system comprises a plurality of receptacles for charging one or more laptop computer batteries. A first switch may be provided for coupling the receptacles to a power source via a current limiter having an impedance that initially limits a current inrush and... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Pdx

20090230920 - Battery charger having analog charge profile for charging multiple batteries: A battery charger for charging a plurality of batteries includes a plurality of charge managers and a cross-over controller coupled to the charge managers. The charge managers are coupled to a common power source that has a finite maximum available current. The cross-over controller is configured to continuously determine the... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20090230921 - Charging circuit for balance charging serially connected batteries: A charging circuit includes a battery pack having a plurality of serially connected batteries and being connected to a power supply; a changeover switch being serially connected to and between any two adjacent batteries; and a precision voltage detector being parallelly connected to each of the batteries for independently detecting... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090230922 - Multiple battery management system with charge balancing mechanism: The instant invention is directed to a multiple battery system and network controlled multiple battery system. A main battery having a main positive output and a main negative output is also provided, together with an at least one auxiliary battery having an at least one auxiliary positive output and an... Agent: Tangent Law Group

20090230923 - Battery management circuit: A non-rechargeable battery includes a housing with an opening and a cover that closes the opening in the housing. The housing and the cover define a volumetric region within the battery. The battery also includes at least one electrochemical cell and a management component, both located in the volumetric region.... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20090230924 - Circuits for harvesting energy from piezoelectric devices: Circuits (20, 220, 320, 420) are provided for applying electrical charge collected from a piezoelectric device (22) to a charge storage device (24, 224, 424). The circuits comprise a peak detector (32, 232) and a switch(es) (34, 134, 234, 434) which is/are operated to initiate transfer of the electrical charge... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090230925 - Power saver: A device that limits the unnecessary use of electricity and generation of unnecessary heat from adaptors used for the recharging of appliances containing rechargeable batteries.... Agent: Nathan Nathan

20090230926 - System and method for charging capacitors using automatic cell balancing: A circuit for charging a capacitor block including series-connected capacitive elements has an input node for receiving an input, an output node coupled to the capacitor block, a third capacitive element connectable to the input node and the output node, and first and second switching circuitries coupled to the third... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090224722 - Purse having a power recharger built therein: A solar-powered battery charger is incorporated into a purse with the solar cells being located in the strap of the purse and a charger cord being electrically connected to the solar cells and located to attach to an item to be charged which is located inside the purse.... Agent: Paul R. Martin

20090224723 - Charging apparatus: A charging apparatus includes: a charging unit configured to perform a contactless charging operation for a placed external device; a detector configured to detect a position of a placed object; a determining unit configured to determine that the placed object is an external device compatible with the charging unit; and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090224724 - Apparatus for charging an electric powered vehicle and pan method using the same: The present invention provides an apparatus for charging an electric powered vehicle. The apparatus includes a vehicle charging connector; an electrical power storage unit that is connected to the vehicle charging connector, receives electricity from the outside through a powerline, and stores the electricity; and a PAN (powerline area network)... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090224725 - Protection device for assembled cell, and battery pack unit: A protection device for an assembled cell including battery modules connected in series includes protection units each of which is configured to operate using a corresponding battery module as a power supply and a management unit connected to the protection units in common, the protection unit includes a measuring unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090224726 - Charging control circuit capable of constant current charging: In a charging control circuit for controlling charging of a secondary battery, a charging transistor generates a charging current according to a control signal input to a control electrode and outputs the charging current to the secondary battery. The proportional current generation transistor generates and outputs a proportional current proportional... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090218983 - Electrical management device for vehicle power supply: An electrical management device for a vehicle power supply that includes a single converter to minimize the number of components required to simultaneously control two energy sources, such as a photovoltaic source and a thermoelectric source, on board a motor vehicle that includes at least one electrical energy storage battery.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090218982 - Rechargable power supplies for portable medical equipment: Systems and methods for providing power to portable medical equipment using natural energy, such as solar energy. In one embodiment, a solar charging system is portable and has at least one flexible solar panel. Preferably, the solar panel is foldable and configured to convert solar energy into electrical energy, as... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090218984 - Battery charger: A battery charging system according to some embodiments includes a plurality of power modules coupled to a backplane, each of the plurality of power modules providing an electrical indication of type of power module to the backplane, the power modules of each type providing an electrical function associated with charging... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090218985 - Contactless charging system for musical instruments: A contactless charging system for an electric musical instrument includes an instrument stand configured to support a musical instrument, and which includes a contactless charging port configured for connection to a power source such as an electric wall outlet. A charging circuit module is configured for incorporation within the musical... Agent: Sampson & Associates, P.C.

20090218986 - Method and apparatus for the management of battery cells: A method and apparatus for the management of rechargeable series-connected cells (C1, C2, C3) by means of individual measurements, by monitoring each cell during the course of its charging, storage or discharging cycle for measuring the cell properties and for adjusting the properties of inconsistent cells by manipulating the same... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090218987 - Battery management control system: A battery management control system includes: a battery, including: a battery cell; a battery cell monitor, detecting information on the battery cell; and a manager, controlling input/output of electric power to/from the battery cell based on the information; and a controller. One of the manager and the controller includes a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090218988 - 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 battery, a relay connected to the conductive leads, a shunt cable connecting the battery to the relay and a... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090218989 - Rechargeable split battery system: A battery system is split into first and second battery subsystems. When the first battery subsystem reaches a first discharge level, the first battery system is decoupled from output terminals of the battery system and the second battery subsystem is coupled to the output terminals of the battery system.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090218990 - Thermal runaway protection system for a battery charger: A protection system and method for a battery charger is disclosed for detecting a thermal runaway condition in a battery during charging in order to protect the battery when such a thermal runaway condition has been detected. The protection system in accordance with the present invention does not require external... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)