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Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110260675 - Apparatus and method for charging battery in a portable terminal with solar cell: An apparatus and method for charging in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller and a charging management unit. The controller controls the charging management unit, absorbs a solar light, and charges the battery. The charging management unit senses a charging temperature of a battery cell when... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

20110260674 - Carrying case, portable electronic device, and electronic apparatus using the same: A carrying case used for accommodating a portable electronic device, includes an energy conversion unit for receiving sunlight, converting sunlight into electrical energy, and inductively charging the portable electronic device using the electrical energy when the portable electronic device is accommodated inside the carrying case.... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110260676 - Method and apparatus for controlling a solar panel output in charging a battery: A control system or module and a method are disclosed to maximize the current flow from a solar panel into the battery connected during the solar panel's operation by first tracking an output of the solar panel in determining a maximum power point of the output at a specific instance,... Agent:

20110260677 - Wind-driven electricity generation system of type having storage battery and device for controlling charge and discharge of storage battery: An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator (1) is detected, and a charge/discharge control section (14) controls charge and discharge of a storage battery (4) according to variation in the instantaneous response component. Further, based on the amount of variation in... Agent: Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd.

20110260679 - Battery apparatus and power supply system using the same: A battery apparatus includes a battery module, a first power port, a second power port, a voltage transformer, and a switch. The first power port is connected to the battery module. The voltage transformer is configured to transform a voltage output of the battery module into a lower voltage output.... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110260680 - Circuit and method of operation for an electrical power supply: A battery charging circuit comprising: a semiconductor switch having an output connected to a rechargeable battery; a battery charge controller for receiving power from an external source, and supplying output power to a portable device and the input of the semiconductor switch, the current output of the battery charge controller... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20110260678 - System and method for compensating for impedance loss associated with an external charging unit: There is disclosed a charging unit for charging a rechargeable battery on an external mobile device, the charging unit configured to be electrically coupled to the mobile device for electrical communication thereof, the charging unit comprising: a charging circuit comprising a charger, the charger configured to: operate in a first... Agent: Psion Teklogix Inc.

20110260681 - Portable wireless charging device: A wireless charging device includes a charging battery, a transmitter coupled to the charging battery, and a controller coupled to the charging battery and the transmitter. The controller is configured to direct power from the charging battery to the transmitter and wirelessly transmit the power to a receiver. The wireless... Agent:

20110260682 - Wireless power distribution among a plurality of receivers: Exemplary embodiments are directed to power distribution among a plurality of receivers. A method may include requesting at least one receiver of a plurality of receivers within a charging region of a transmitter to modify an associated load resistance to achieve a desired power distribution among the plurality of receivers.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110260684 - Charging device for electric drivable vehicle: A charging device for an electrically-drivable vehicle comprises a power-supply connector (100), a power-receiving connector (200), a safety-charging-signal-generating unit provided in the charging device, a CAN control module receiving a safety-charging signal generated by the safety-charging-signal-generating unit. The charging device may be configured to be chargeable to the electrically-drivable vehicle... Agent:

20110260683 - Vehicle charging apparatus: A vehicle charging apparatus includes: an electric generator 3 that is driven by an internal combustion engine 1 and outputs an adjustable alternating-current voltage; a rectifier 4 that converts the outputted alternating-current voltage to a direct-current voltage; an electric storage device 5 that is charged with the converted direct-current voltage;... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

20110260685 - External battery charging unit: There is disclosed a mobile device comprising: a battery module configured to receive at least one rechargeable battery, a device circuitry module configured to communicate between the battery module and a charging circuit located on an external charging unit; and, a connector port configured to couple the external charging unit... Agent: Psion Teklogix Inc.

20110260686 - Universal battery pack and powering system: There is disclosed a universal power pack, power supply and battery harvesting device. Generally, each comprises a receptacle for receiving at least one battery or battery pack having a different shape and/or nominal output voltage. A controller circuit is provided for regulating the output voltages and/or currents of the battery... Agent:

20110260687 - Control system for assembled battery: The present invention is a control system for an assembled battery that controls an assembled battery comprising a plurality of cells, including: a bypass circuit connected in parallel to each cell of the cells, and comprising a switching element and a resistor connected in series; and a control circuit that... Agent: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.

20110260688 - Battery system: A battery system capable of inhibiting a reverse voltage applied to a unit cell that has lost the electromotive force without active control is provided. The battery system include two or more unit cells electrically connected in series, and a rectification section that is composed of at least one of... Agent: Sony Corporation

20110260689 - Information processing apparatus and charge and discharge control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is configured to receive powers from a first battery and a second battery, a charge-discharge cycle life of the second battery being longer than the first battery. The information processing apparatus comprises a power-supply circuit and a charging module. The power-supply circuit... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110260691 - Battery controller, battery control method and program: There is provided a battery controller including a storing unit which stores an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage, each defining a first voltage range in which a battery is charged/discharged, and a second upper limit voltage and a second lower limit voltage, each defining a second voltage... Agent: Sony Corporation

20110260690 - Electric accumulators having self regulated battery with integrated bi-directional power management and protection: A power management system may comprise a generative power source, a main bus between the generative power source and electrical loads, a energy accumulator and a main bi directional power converter interposed between the main bus and the energy accumulator unit. The energy accumulator may comprise a plurality of energy... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110260692 - Estimation method for residual discharging time of batteries: An estimation method for residual discharging time of batteries includes the steps of: providing a set of battery-discharge-current intervals and a set of battery-discharge equations, setting discharge time of each battery-discharge-current intervals zero; detecting a discharge current, voltage and time of batteries; judging whether the discharge current exceeding all of... Agent:

20110260693 - Recharging device with voltage detection for an alkaline primary cell: A recharging device with voltage detection for an alkaline primary cell includes an oscillating unit that generates a pulse signal from an input power to charge the alkaline primary cell. The recharging device also includes a detecting unit configured to be electrically coupled to the alkaline primary cell. The detecting... Agent: Sung Huo Kuang Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.

20110260694 - Built-in charger: Disclosed is a dual use apparatus including a base device having a port for delivering charging current to an battery to be charged, and a charging circuit, disposed in the base device and in communication with the port to determine a charge capacity of the battery using battery identifying information... Agent:

20110260695 - Reliable extended use of a capacitor for backup power: A capacitor device and associated method having a housing made of a material that is folded to form a cavity sized to contain an electrolyte and electrode package. The material has a substrate and a film attached to the substrate. Respective portions of the film that are folded against each... Agent: Seagate Technology LLP

20110254500 - Car charger: A car charger which has a charge circuit, a shell, an anode conduction section, a cathode conduction section, an operation section, and a connection interface is disclosed. The operation section may selectively collect the anode and cathode conduction sections within a container space of the shell by the manner selected... Agent: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.

20110254499 - Charge circuit for battery cells: A device for charging a battery system having a number of individual voltage sources situated in a series circuit is provided, which device uses a voltage source and a respective bypass associated with each of the individual voltage sources. A charge current IL is supplied from the voltage source via... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20110254502 - Fault-tolerant battery management system, circuits and methods: A fault tolerant battery management system includes redundancy, with applications including electric vehicles. Portions of its circuitry are constituted in distinct fault domains with control, monitoring, and balancing of cells circuitry fault-effect-isolated from the circuitry associated with built-in real-time testing. Built-in tests are orchestrated in fault domains isolated from the... Agent:

20110254501 - Portable electronic apparatus and charging apparatus: A portable electronic device including a battery, a direct current (DC) power source, a first device that consumes a first amount of power during operation, a second device that consumes a second amount of power during operation, the second amount of power being more than the first amount of power,... Agent: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

20110254503 - Wireless power antenna alignment adjustment system for vehicles: Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless charging and wireless power alignment of wireless power antennas associated with a vehicle. A wireless power charging apparatus includes an antenna including first and second orthogonal magnetic elements for detecting a horizontal component of a magnetic field generated from a second charging base antenna.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110254504 - Automated electric vehicle charging system and method: A system and method for charging an electric vehicle includes identifying vehicle information corresponding to the electric vehicle based on an electronic image of the electric vehicle, retrieving from an electronically stored database a location of a charging port on the electric vehicle based on the vehicle information, and robotically... Agent:

20110254505 - Electrical energy charging system and method for charging a vehicle: The invention relates to an electrical energy charging system for a vehicle comprising a charging station (2) on a charging energy source side and a vehicle unit (12) on a charging energy receiver side. The system comprises: —an identification system for identification of a charging energy receiver identity (11); —a... Agent: Evol Technology Ab

20110254506 - Housing configuration for charger plug: A reduced plug-size charger plug for power conversion is disclosed utilizing a pair of blades that are slidably mounted into a charger housing, obviating the need for insertion molding. To promote and maintain electrical contact while minimizing package size and charger plug cost, a pair of spring contacts are provided... Agent: Voltstar Technologies, Inc.

20110254507 - Charging device and charging method: A charging device for charging a first battery cell and a second battery cell comprises a node, a control circuit, a charging circuit and a current-dividing unit. The control circuit is coupled to the charging circuit, the current-dividing unit, and the first and second battery cells. The control circuit controls... Agent:

20110254508 - Battery pack and battery pack system: A battery pack usable as a power source of an electric device, is disclosed, in which battery modules are in series; each battery module is configured to include battery cells in series; a discharge controller controls discharge power which is supplied from the battery modules to the electric device; a... Agent:

20110254509 - Flexible cathodes: This disclosure relates to methods of making a cathode for a lithium batter. The batterys include: (a) treating a cathode current collector with flame or corona; (b) coating a slurry containing iron disulfide, a first solvent, and a binder onto the cathode current collector obtained from step (a) to form... Agent:

20110254510 - Intermittently outputted power supply system: An intermittently outputted power supply system is disclosed. The system comprises: a power input unit, a charging control circuit unit, an energy-storing unit, a discharging control circuit unit, and a power output unit. The charging control circuit unit receives a first power input through the power input unit, and charges... Agent: Compal Electronics, Inc.

20110254513 - Hybrid working machine having battery protecting function: Provided is a hybrid working machine capable of performing battery charging control both for a working period and a standby period. The hybrid working machine includes a hydraulic actuator, an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator, a battery, a generator... Agent: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

20110254511 - Portable electronic device power manager with current limit feedback control loop modification for stabilizing an external power supply: A portable electronic device has a battery to provide power to operate the device, a connector including a power supply pin to be coupled to an external power supply, and a power manager having a battery charger circuit that draws power through the power supply pin to charge the battery.... Agent: Apple Inc.

20110254512 - Trickle charger for high-energy storage systems: A voltage converter for charging an energy storage module from an alternating current line voltage, includes a first charging stage, coupled to the energy storage module, converting the line voltage to a first rectified direct current module charging voltage communicated to the energy storage module, the first rectified direct current... Agent: Tesla Motors, Inc.

20110254514 - Low power conversion and management of energy harvesting applications: A method and apparatus for low voltage conversion and energy storage uses a charge pump array including a first set of capacitors in parallel with a second set of capacitors and switches for selectively coupling the first and second set of capacitors to a variable input DC voltage. A data... Agent: Luna Innovations Incorporated

20110254515 - Charge control device: A charge control device of the disclosure including a charger to perform a constant current charge control to maintain a charge current to an electric double-layer capacitor as a predetermined charge current value for a constant current charge period after a beginning of a charge of the electric double-layer capacitor.... Agent: Rohm Co., Ltd.

20110248665 - Mobile docking station: The mobile docking station is compact, making it easily handheld, and attaches to a variety of small mobile devices, such as smart phones, media players, and the like. The mobile docking station provides a platform for delivery and display of short-range multi-gigabit data, video, and audio to a receptive object... Agent:

20110248666 - Turbine-powered electric vehicle: A turbine powered vehicle is provided. The turbine is mounted on the vehicle so that when the battery-started vehicle moves forward, air impinges on selected vanes within the turbine, causing the turbine to turn. Turning of the turbine runs a linked alternator, which puts energy into the battery in the... Agent:

20110248667 - Vehicle: A battery capable of being charged by a solar cell and an electric generator has its state of charge detected by a charge-state detecting sensor, and an electric generator operation control device controls the charge of the battery by the electric generator in accordance with the detection result detected by... Agent: Honda Access Corp.

20110248669 - Battery pack identification scheme for power tool systems: A method is provided for identifying a battery pack that is operably coupled to a battery charger. The method comprises: measuring voltage at a plurality of designated terminals of a first battery pack while the battery pack is coupled to the battery charger; determining how many of the designated terminals... Agent: Black & Decker Inc.

20110248668 - Energy storage device security: Exemplary embodiments are directed to energy storage device security. An energy storage device may include at least one energy storage cell and a controller. The controller may be configured to request device identification data from an electronic device coupled to the energy storage device and compare the device identification data... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110248670 - Charging power source apparatus: There is provided a charging power source apparatus by which quick charging can be carried out within a required range without imposing a burden on a secondary battery or a charging circuit. The charging power source apparatus is equipped with a plurality of control modes (e.g. normal charging mode and... Agent:

20110248673 - Apparatus for transferring energy to an accumulator and system for charging an electric accumulator: It is provided an apparatus for transferring energy to an accumulator, the apparatus having a core and a wire wound around the core thereby forming a coil, wherein the coil is adapted to receive energy from a magnetic field, wherein the wire is connectable to the accumulator to transfer the... Agent: Nxp B.v.

20110248674 - Inductive power supply with device identification: An inductive power supply system to identify remote devices using unique identification frequencies. The system includes an AIPS and a tank circuit capable of inductively providing power to a remote device at different frequencies, and a sensor for sensing the reflected impedance of the remote device at tank circuit. The... Agent: Access Business Group International LLC

20110248671 - Power system implantable in eye: An implantable ophthalmic power system includes a power source and an enclosure. The enclosure surrounds the power source. The enclosure is configured to be implanted under the conjunctiva of the eye.... Agent: Alcon Research, Ltd.

20110248672 - Siderail accessory charging system: A charging system comprises an accessory module and a charging system. The accessory module includes a housing with a coupling portion and a power source. The coupling portion includes an engagement surface and a coupler configured to removably couple the accessory module to a person-support apparatus. The power source is... Agent:

20110248676 - Battery pack: An improved battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells; a protection circuit module for controlling charging and discharging of the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of connection members for applying voltages output from the plurality of battery cells to the protection circuit... Agent:

20110248675 - Battery voltage balance apparatus and battery charge apparatus: In the related art, the measurement error due to the internal resistance of the battery is not considered in the battery balance method, such that the battery balance is not accurate, or the battery balance process is frequently started and stopped. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, detecting battery voltage... Agent: Green Solution Technology Co., Ltd.

20110248677 - Battery voltage monitoring device: A battery voltage monitoring device for efficiently equalizing cell voltages of a plurality of battery cells connected in series through a direct charge transfer between mutually distant battery cells. The device includes a charge-transfer circuit configured to perform a direct charge transfer from a first battery cell to a second... Agent: Denso Corporation

20110248678 - Intelligent battery management system and method: A method and apparatus for the intelligent management of multi-cell battery pack. A battery management system which may be mounted on board a vehicle facilitates battery management including monitoring the state of charge of the battery pack. Wireless communication equipment facilitate communication between the battery management system to a remote... Agent: Grrreen, Inc., A Delaware Corporation

20110248679 - Actively rapid battery voltage balancing system: The present invention provides an actively rapid battery voltage balancing system which includes a power converter, a switch, a voltage balancing multiplexer, a voltage measurement multiplexer, a voltage sensor, a microprocessor, and a series connected battery pack. By the application of the above components, the balancing voltage conditions of each... Agent:

20110248680 - Lithium-ion aircraft battery with automatically activated battery management system: A rechargeable aircraft battery assembly includes at least one lithium-ion cell having a positive cell terminal and a negative cell terminal and a battery management circuit operable to control charging and/or discharging of the lithium-ion cell. The battery management circuit is constantly off when the aircraft circuit is not engaged... Agent: Concorde Battery Corporation

20110248681 - Systems and methods for configuring and charging hybrid battery systems: Systems and methods for simultaneously charging two or more cell strings of a hybrid battery system from a shared input current path to the battery system. An input common charging current may be limited to the smallest maximum allowable charging current value of multiple battery cell strings of a hybrid... Agent:

20110248682 - Lithium cell: The cell can be in the configuration of a coin cell or the anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added. _The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent mixture which may include an organic... Agent:

20110248683 - Energy-efficient fast charging device and method: The energy-efficient fast charging method is applicable to an energy-efficient fast charging device having a power conversion module and at least a fast chargeable energy storage device. The power conversion module obtains and converts an input power from an external power source, and produces an internal DC power. The method... Agent:

20110248684 - Apparatus for preheating a battery pack before charging: A system for charging a battery pack of an electric vehicle comprises a heater for pre-heating the battery pack so that the battery pack is able to accept a charge from a charger. The battery pack is selectively de-coupled from the system during the pre-heating. When the battery pack has... Agent: Sinoelectric Powertrain Corporation

20110248685 - Inductive charging of electrical energy storage components: According to aspects of the present invention, systems and methods are provided for faster charging of electrical energy storage components such as supercapacitors while maintaining the safety limits. In one or more exemplary embodiments, a flyback transformer is used to provide constant energy charging to the supercapacitor several times faster... Agent: Smartsynch, Inc.

20110241604 - Electric vehicle solar charging system: An assembly for recharging an electric vehicle comprising at least one solar panel positioned above surface of a vehicle; at least one motor assembly operatively connected to the at least one solar panel for positioning the at least one solar panel; the at least one solar panel operating to cover... Agent:

20110241603 - Portable power supply device: A portable power supply device including a power storage module, a charging module, and a power supply module is provided. The power storage module is electrically connected to the charging module and is used for storing electric power. The charging module wirelessly receives energy from a first power source and... Agent: Coretronic Corporation

20110241602 - Power supply device: A power supply device for supplying electric power to a portable electronic device includes a rechargeable battery supplying electric power to the portable electronic device, a circuitry assembly connected to the battery, and a solar cell connected to the circuitry assembly. The solar cell transforms light irradiating thereon into electric... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110241601 - Recharging device which illuminates by solar energy: A recharging device which illuminates by solar energy includes at least a housing in a predetermined special shape. The housing contains a circuit substrate which is electrically connected with a solar energy panel and an accumulator device, an illumination element, a sensor unit module, a recharging stand as well as... Agent:

20110241600 - System and method for a self-charging battery cell: A system and method for a self-charging battery cell are provided in which beta emissions from a Strontium-90 source are obtained by a sensor device and converted into electric energy. In embodiments, a scintillation device is used to intake emissions from a Strontium-90 source, and consequently emit a light or... Agent:

20110241605 - Battery charger with retractable contacts: A battery charger includes a housing, at least two contacts, a transmission mechanism, and a driving member. The housing defines a slot and through holes. The at least two contacts are received in the housing and are operable to protrude out of the housing after passing through the through holes.... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110241606 - Battery charger with retractable contacts: A battery charger includes a housing, at least two contacts, a transmission mechanism and a driving member. The housing defines a sliding slot and at least two guide holes. The at least two contacts are received in the housing and are operable to protrude out of the housing via the... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110241615 - Adapter capable of wireless charging: An adapter capable of wireless charging has a main body including transmitter circuit. An electronic device with a receiver circuit to be charged is positioned on the main body. The transmitter circuit is configured to send an AC signal in a wireless way to the receiver circuit for charging the... Agent: Winharbor Technology Co., Ltd.

20110241610 - Battery charger, battery charging circuits, and semiconductor integrated circuit devices: There is provided a battery charging technique by which various battery charging control can be achieved even when power consumption of a battery is small. In a battery charger, in order not to turn OFF a power switch even when an ACG starting detection circuit recognizes that an output of... Agent: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

20110241611 - Battery charger, battery charging circuits, and semiconductor integrated circuit devices: Provided is a battery charging technique by which high efficiency of the battery charging can be always controlled no matter how the power consumption of the battery is changed. In a battery charger, a charging control circuit holds a charge/non-charge state of a battery during an arbitrary period of time... Agent: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

20110241607 - Electronic device with integral inductive charging station: An inductive charging station that does not have to be directly plugged into an electrical socket in order to recharge a battery of an electronic device. The inductive charging station is incorporated into a primary electronic device, such as a laptop computer, for charging or recharging a secondary electronic device,... Agent: Garmin Ltd.

20110241608 - Gangable inductive battery charger: Gangable inductive battery chargers with integrated inductive coils are provided. A gangable inductive battery charger has at least one power supply module and at least one inductive charging cup module. The power supply module and the inductive charging cup module are interlockingly connectable through rail and slot mechanical connectors and... Agent: L & P Property Management Company

20110241617 - Inductive battery systems and methods of operation: An inductive battery system includes a primary coil system (102) and an inductive battery (122). The primary coil system (102) provides inductive power (106). The inductive battery (122) includes a secondary coil system (108), charge circuitry (110), output circuitry (112), and an internal battery (114). The secondary coil system (108)... Agent: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

20110241618 - Methods and systems for wireless power transmission: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for methods and systems for wireless power transmission utilizing high-Q resonators, where the resonators may resonate with an unmodulated carrier frequency, may be formed in a loop of conducting ribbon, may include an efficiency monitor, may provide for varying the... Agent:

20110241614 - Notebook capable of wireless charging: A notebook capable of wireless charging has a main body including a sensing element with a transmitter circuit. An electronic device with a receiver circuit to be charged is positioned on the sensing element. The transmitter circuit is configured to send an AC signal in a wireless way to the... Agent: Winharbor Technology Co., Ltd.

20110241616 - Robot cleaning system and control method having a wireless electric power charge function: Provided is a wirelessly charged robot cleaning system and a method for wirelessly charging a robot cleaner. The wirelessly charged robot may include a target resonator to receive a resonance power through energy-coupling with a source resonator of a wireless power transmitter, a wireless power receiving unit to convert the... Agent:

20110241612 - Wireless charging set: Provided is a wireless recharging set. A source unit including a source resonator may transmit power wirelessly in all directions, and a device may receive the transmitted wireless power regardless of location.... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110241609 - Wireless energy transmission structure: Disclosed herein is a wireless energy transmission structure, which includes a printed circuit board, a disk section, and a wire section. The printed circuit board is formed in a ring type, the disk section is constituted by a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate formed on portions of... Agent: Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

20110241613 - Wireless power receiving apparatus including a shielding film: Provided is a battery pack that includes a resonator to receive power wirelessly. A film, for shielding from a magnetic field that may be generated due to an eddy current, may be inserted between a battery and the resonator of the battery pack.... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110241619 - Distributed charging system and method for electrical vehicle: The distributed charging system is for charging an energy storage device of an electrical vehicle operated within an operation region where a number of station or parking areas are arranged at intervals. The system contains a plurality of charging stations and fast charging devices where a charging station is provided... Agent:

20110241620 - Charging apparatus for laptop computer with multi-batteries and method for the same: A charging apparatus for laptop computer with multiple-batteries is used in a first battery unit and a second battery unit. The charging apparatus comprises a micro controller unit; a first charging switch unit electrically connected to the micro controller unit; a second charging switch unit electrically connected to the micro... Agent: Winmate Communication Inc.

20110241621 - Battery pack charger: The battery pack charger has a case 1 having an attachment section 2 where the battery pack 30 is attached in a detachable manner, and a plurality of connecting terminals 3 disposed in an exposed manner in the attachment section 2 to connect with external terminals 33 on the battery... Agent:

20110241622 - Systems and methods for cell balancing: A method for balancing multiple battery cells which are grouped into multiple battery modules includes: obtaining cell parameters of the battery cells, respectively; calculating an average cell parameter for each of the battery modules according to the cell parameters; identifying a donator module and a receiver module from the battery... Agent: O2micro, Inc.

20110241623 - Battery charging system and method: A battery charging system and method, includes a high voltage charger for charging a group or string of series connected battery cells, and a group of individual cell chargers for charging individual ones of the cells. The charging technique includes detecting at least one cell being charged to a predetermined... Agent: Grrreen, Inc., A Delaware Corporation

20110241624 - Hysteresis switch and electricity charging module using the same: An electricity charging module using a hysteresis switch includes a storage capacitor that preliminarily stores electrical energy supplied from an external power source, a charging unit for preventing over-charging or over-discharging through monitoring of the charging state of the rechargeable battery, and a hysteresis switch that has a larger turn-on... Agent: Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation

20110241625 - Circuit topology for pulsed power energy harvesting: An energy harvesting circuit harvests energy from a voltage source and charges a storage element with the harvested energy. The energy harvesting circuit includes an energy source, a storage capacitor to store energy output from the energy source, a power converter circuit, an energy storage element, and an enabling circuit.... Agent: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

20110241626 - Battery saver: The battery saver includes a charge pump connected to a control switch to provide a time-hysteretic threshold feature wherein it takes a longer, elapsed time threshold to activate the control switch than it does to deactivate the control switch. Control switch output is connected to a main switch wherein activation... Agent:

20110241627 - Battery charger for portable electronic equipment: There is offered a battery charger for a portable electronic device that has a simple structure and is capable of detecting that the portable electronic device is connected to the battery charger. A first power supply line is connected to a positive terminal (+) of a rechargeable battery, while a... Agent: On Semiconductor Trading, Ltd.

20110241628 - Power management unit for portable electronic devices: A power management unit (PMU) for supplying electrical energy to a circuitry of a portable electronic device includes a power supply module, a power detection module connected to the power supply module, and a power control module connected to the power detection module and the circuitry. The power supply module... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110241629 - Single stage hybrid charge pump: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a single stage hybrid charge pump. A switch module is connected to ground. An inductance module is connected between a DC voltage source and the switch module. A first capacitance module is connected to the switch and to the inductance module. A... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation