Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions

20080100258 - Hybrid vehicle with adjustable modular solar panel to increase charge generation: Solar cells are attached to vehicle components such as a moon roof (2) or truck bed cover (12, 13) to create modular solar panels. An adjustable mount (4, 10) can be attached to the solar panels to adjust the angle of the solar cells in a direction of the sun.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080100259 - Service jump-start device for hybrid electric vehicles: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a traction battery, and a hybrid electric powertrain. A compact, portable, off board service jump-start device provides direct current (DC) power at a proper voltage and current to recharge the traction battery. The device includes a power supply with a high... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080100260 - Charging control method for lithium battery: A charging control method of lithium battery is provided. At the beginning, a voltage detect circuit detects the current voltage of the battery and the microprocessor decides a proper charging stage, and then modulates a power as an appropriate constant current or an appropriate constant voltage by the pulse width... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080100261 - Battery charger: A battery charger. The battery charger includes a housing having an outer surface, a battery being supportable on the outer surface, a charging circuit supported by the housing and electrically connectable to a power source and the battery, and a protective structure connected to and extending from the outer surface... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20080100262 - Mobile terminal device: A battery housing frame includes a first side wall and a second side wall that hold a battery pack from both sides of the battery pack. The second side wall is elastic, and presses the battery pack towards the first side wall by contact pressure between one side of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080100263 - Electric power charge and discharge system: An electric power charge and discharge system for an electronic device having a battery, by which the electronic device can be used for a long period of time. In a wireless communication device including a wireless driving portion including a first battery and a wireless charging portion including a second... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080100264 - Lithium-sulphur battery with a high specific energy and a method of operating same: A multi-electrode lithium-sulphur cell or battery including for example a negative electrode made of metal lithium, lithium alloys or lithium-absorbing materials; at least first and second distinct positive electrodes or groups of positive electrodes; and an electrolyte that is a solution of one or several salts in one or several... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080100265 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system to set an OCV setting of a battery, and a driving method thereof. The battery management system includes a sensing unit and a main control unit (MCU). The sensing unit measures a voltage of a battery. The MCU controls charging/discharging of the voltage of the battery,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080100266 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device formed by a trench dielectric isolation technique has input terminals connected to positive and negative terminals of secondary cells of an assembled battery and includes monitor circuits for respectively monitoring cell voltages of the cells. Each monitor circuit includes a cell voltage detection circuit, a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080100267 - Method for charging and maintaining a battery: A method for charging and maintaining a rechargeable battery is provided. The method includes the steps of enabling a life extending mode; determining whether the electric potential of the battery is less than or substantially equal to a predetermined charging level; charging the battery when the battery is connected with... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080100268 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system of a vehicle utilizing electrical energy and a driving method thereof is provided. The battery management system includes a sensing unit and a main control unit (MCU). The sensing unit detects voltage of a battery cell. MCU determines an operation state of a vehicle, and generates... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080094024 - Power supply circuit of dual purpose chargeable accumulator: A power supply circuit of dual purpose chargeable accumulator includes a solar cell circuit comprising a plurality of solar energy boards, and a plurality of solar cells, wherein the solar cell circuit is connecting with an output detecting circuit, and the output detecting circuit is capable of detecting an output... Agent: Hdsl

20080094025 - Solar cells on portable devices: Solar cells are integrated into a portable device. Multiple cells are arranged on the surface of the device such that a number of solar cells may always be functional and produce a desired voltage even if the rest is obstructed. Information regarding solar cells' functions or performances can be displayed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080094026 - Battery pack charging system and method: A battery pack charging system comprises a charger configured to be removably coupled to at least two different battery packs each having a different regulation charge voltage associated therewith, and a charger controller configured to cause the charger to charge the at least two different battery packs to the respective... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094027 - No point of contact charging system: Disclosed herein is a non-contact charging system. The non-contact charging system detects a portable terminal, a battery pack or a foreign object that is placed on the pad of a non-contact charger, and effectively monitors and controls its charging state through the detection, thus preventing such a foreign object placed... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20080094028 - Slim battery charger: A slim battery charger includes: a main charging body having a plug at the bottom end thereof; two charging grooves adapted to accommodate batteries, the charging grooves being disposed at the left and the right side of the main charging body; and a charging control circuit board having a front... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080094029 - Lithium-ion battery diagnostic and prognostic techniques: Embodiments provide a method and a system for determining cell imbalance condition of a multi-cell battery including a plurality of cell strings. To determine a cell imbalance condition, a charge current is applied to the battery and is monitored during charging. The charging time for each cell string is determined... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080094030 - Light-weight package for lithium battery: A monitor and control circuit optimizes batteries' efficiency, monitors and provides for variable loads, and protects batteries from interacting negatively with each other. For example, the monitor and control circuit monitors the voltage and output of each of three AA-sized lithium batteries connected in parallel, connecting batteries to and disconnecting... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20080094031 - Lithium-ion battery prognostic testing and process: In accordance with various embodiments, there are systems and methods for predicting end of life of a Li-ion battery. The method can include at least one of partially charging and partially discharging a battery, measuring an open circuit voltage of the battery before and after at least one of partial... Agent: Kurt A. Luther Honeywell International, Inc.

20080094034 - Apparatus for detecting state of charge of battery: There is provided a battery condition detecting apparatus which comprises: means for detecting a discharging and charging current from the battery; means for detecting whether or not a negative acceleration of charging current changes in its sign from negative to zero during charging of the battery based on a result... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080094032 - Circuit module: A disclosed circuit module includes: a substrate; a protection circuit mounted on the substrate for protecting a battery; and a charging circuit disposed on the substrate for controlling charging and discharging of the battery.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080094033 - Staggered backup battery charging system: A battery backup system includes a control device including a power sensing device, a discharge circuit, a charging circuit, and a plurality of battery packs. A lower threshold is established representative of a minimum acceptable effective energy capacity. Each battery pack is recharged if its effective energy capacity falls below... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080094035 - Method for calculating power capability of battery packs using advanced cell model predictive techniques: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating discharge and charge power of battery applications, including battery packs used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Electric Vehicles (EV). One charge/discharge power estimating method incorporates voltage, state-of-charge (SOC), power, and current design constraints and works for a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080094037 - Control apparatus and method of regulating power: In the field of battery charging for electronic devices, it is known to employ a number of measures to avoid excessive power dissipation by a pass device in a charging system. However, many of these measures are either incompatible with linear charging regimes or add cost to the adapter and/or... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080094036 - Method for charging rechargeable battery: A method for charging a rechargeable battery by using a charge power supply that charges the rechargeable battery at constant voltage is provided. A pulse charge operation is performed at a charge process start. The charge process is stopped when current in the pulse charge operation is not greater than... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080094038 - Charger and method of charging: A charger includes input terminals whereto positive and negative voltages from a power source unit are applied, output terminals generating an output charging a secondary battery, upon being applied with the voltage from the input terminals via positive and negative power source lines, a first field effect type transistor and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080088272 - Extendable and angle-adjustable solar charger: An extendable and angle-adjustable solar charger includes a charging base having a charging slot for charging a rechargeable battery and a charge control circuit; a solar panel having a solar chip and a substrate for positioning the solar chip; and two parallel extending elements made of a conductive material and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080088273 - Fuel cell device with reserved signal pins: The present invention discloses a fuel cell device with reserved signal pins, which comprises a fuel cell pallet, a first fan, a condenser, an anode fuel storage tank, a buffer container, a dosing pump, a circulation pump, and the above-said devices are respectively configured with a temperature sensor, a liquid... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080088274 - System and method of trickle charging a battery in a narrow rail architecture: The charging circuit for charging a battery of an electronic device using a connected AC power adaptor includes circuitry responsive to an applied regulated voltage for charging the battery connected to the charging circuitry. The circuitry prevents the regulated voltage applied to the circuitry from falling below a settable voltage... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080088275 - Battery-cleaning device: A battery-cleaning device is disposed on a casing of an electronic device. The casing has a battery slot which can receive at least one battery within. The battery-cleaning device comprises a rod, a spacer and a plate sheet. The rod is disposed on the casing movably. The spacer is fixed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080088276 - Power supply modules having a uniform dc environment: A battery pack connection scheme is shown that provides an synchronized DC environment for every cell in the pack, such that every cell in the same or similar voltage level in the pack sees exactly the same voltage and current environment. In some embodiments, a pack is provided having a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080088277 - System and method for cell balancing with smart low-voltage control circuit: A system and method for cell balancing with smart low-voltage control circuit. The cell balancing system comprises a plurality of battery cells, an external bypass path for each cell, an internal bypass path for each cell, an input terminal receiving an enable signal for each cell, an input terminal receiving... Agent: O2micro Inc C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080088278 - Non-aqueous electrochemical cells: Electrochemical cells are disclosed. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes a cathode having less than about 2,000 ppm of water, an anode, and an electrolyte having a first lithium salt and LiPF6.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080088279 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A sensing and control apparatus for a battery management system is provided. The sensing and control apparatus includes: a sensing unit and a main control unit. The sensing unit includes: a cell relay of a plurality of cell relays and a voltage detection unit. The cell relay is configured to... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080088280 - Protection circuit for lithium battery pack serving as tool power source: A protection circuit for a lithium battery pack that serves as a power source of a power tool is arranged in the lithium battery pack and connected among a reversal/forward rotation circuit, a speed variation circuit, and a motor of the power tool. During a discharging process, the protection circuit... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080088281 - System and method for battery charging: A battery charging device includes (i) a first circuit receiving a pulse width modulated signal, (ii) a second circuit receiving the pulse width modulated signal, and (iii) a third circuit receiving the pulse width modulated signal. The first circuit generates a first input to set a maximum battery charge current... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080084177 - 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: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080084178 - Solar power supply with monitoring and communications: In various embodiments, an apparatus, method and system for a solar power supply with monitoring and communications is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power source. The apparatus further includes a power regulation module coupled to the power source. The apparatus also includes a... Agent: Technology & Intellectual Property Strategies Group Pc (dba Tips Group)

20080084179 - Power control unit: A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means (101a, . . . ) has voltage measuring means (102a, . . . ) for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means (103a, . . . ) for measuring currents flowing through... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080084180 - Battery pack and electronic device: A battery pack includes a battery, a pair of output terminals connected to the battery, a switch inserted between the battery and one of the pair of output terminals, an acceleration sensor detecting a shock and outputting a detected value dependent thereon, and a control unit of a protection circuit.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080084181 - Self-aligning terminal block for battery pack: A self-aligning terminal block in a tool terminal assembly having electrical contacts for connecting to a removable battery pack to be used in conjunction with hand-held power tools having a rechargeable battery. The electrical contacts of the terminal block are preferably female terminals with two resilient guideways that taper away... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080084183 - Battery charger user interface: A battery charger (100) includes a plurality of battery receiving bays (108) for receiving batteries to be charged. A user interface (120) includes a display which displays information indicative of batteries received in the various bays (108) in graphical and textual form. The displayed information includes the number of batteries... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080084184 - Charging device: A charging device has an electric accumulator (20) formed by a plurality of series-connected electric accumulator cells (E1, E2, . . . , En), one electrode of any one of the electric accumulator cells being used as a reference potential of the electric accumulator (20); at least one capacitor (C1)... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080084182 - Lithium battery system: A lithium battery system for providing power to a load and a method for controlling the same. The system includes an alternator and a battery pack coupled in parallel with the alternator and the load via a vehicle voltage bus. The battery pack includes a lithium battery having a plurality... Agent: Venable LLP

20080084185 - Uninterruptible power supply system: There is provided an uninterruptible power supply system capable of preventing life shortening of a lithium-ion secondary battery attributable to its overcharge over the whole period of its use. At the start of use of the lithium-ion secondary battery 22, a charging voltage is set comparatively low. On the other... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080084187 - Mobile power supply: A system for controlling battery usage in a mobile power supply includes a controller for monitoring a state of charge of the battery and the voltage and switching off all power from the battery when the battery reaches a predetermined power off state of charge or a low voltage condition.... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080084186 - System and method for controlling a state of charge of an energy storage system: A system and method for controlling the state of charge of an energy storage system examines a number of parameters to determine if a target state of charge should be adjusted. Parameters related to one or more of: a target life span of the energy storage system, driving habits of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080084188 - Device for cooling or heating battery module: A device for cooling or heating a battery module is disclosed to uniformly lower the temperature of the battery modules, reduce the overall weight and manufacturing costs and time. The device comprises: a plurality of battery modules; a holder supportably accommodating said battery modules; at least one fan for delivering... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080084189 - Computer system and control method thereof capable of changing battery charging mode according to user's selection: A computer system, including a system unit having at least one device; a battery unit which supplies power to the system unit; a charging unit which charges the battery unit at a predetermined charging speed; a user input unit which receives a user input related to a charging speed of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP