Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions

20100019718 - Method and system for extending life of a vehicle energy storage device: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a power transfer rate in to and/or out of a vehicle energy storage device to affect a current state of charge of the energy storage device. The vehicle may be on a mission comprising a plurality of future power transfer opportunities. In one... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20100019719 - Information rewriting device and recording medium: An information rewriting device includes a first storage unit provided in a battery, a second storage unit provided in a battery charger, and at least one rewrite unit provided in at least one of the battery and the battery charger. When the battery and the battery charger are electrically connected,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100019720 - Battery charging apparatus of a wireless digital x-ray detector: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a portable wireless digital X-ray detector includes a battery electrically coupled to at least one external electrical conductor. In some implementations, the external electrical conductor is mounted flush to an outside of a housing of the portable wireless digital... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20100019721 - Method and apparatus for providing rechargeable power in data monitoring and management systems: Method and apparatus for charging a power supply unit such as a rechargeable battery for use in data monitoring and management system using the ESD protection circuitry of the existing electrode contacts including guard contact and counter electrode thereby reducing system cost, complexity, and any unprotected battery contacts exposed for... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20100019723 - Electric powered vehicle, vehicle charge device and vehicle charge system: A vehicle has a low voltage power generating unit mounted thereon, which passively generates low voltage power when the vehicle is electrically connected to commercial power supply through coupling of a connector unit. A winding transformer transforms the commercial power supply input to the primary side with a prescribed ratio... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100019722 - Self-charging electric vehicles (sc-ev) regeneration component: The use of alternators to provide extra battery power to the engines of electric vehicles and enable the vehicles to have extended ranges. Placing two alternators near the rear axles of a vehicle with belts driven by a sleeve-device would then provide electrical power to the batteries to extend the... Agent: David M. Sanchez

20100019724 - Battery system using secondary battery: A battery system in which module batteries, each of which includes cell batteries connected in series, are connected to one another. Each of the module batteries includes: a cell voltage detection/inter-cell balancing circuit that detects a cell voltage of each of the cell batteries to then create a cell voltage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100019725 - Set battery control method and set battery control circuit as well as charging circuit and battery pack having the set battery control circuit: A set battery control circuit includes: a voltage detection portion that detects a terminal voltage across each secondary battery in a set battery formed by connecting a plurality of secondary batteries in series; a discharge portion that discharges the plurality of secondary batteries; and an imbalance reduction processing portion that... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100019726 - Method and system for control of a vehicle energy storage device: Systems and methods are described for controlling a power transfer rate in to and/or out of an energy storage device on-board a vehicle, such as a locomotive, during a power transfer opportunity. In one example, the method includes adjusting the power transfer rate based on a predetermination of a duration... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20100019727 - Battery identification cycle: The present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the operating state of a vehicle battery. A method according to the invention has the following steps: charging of the battery from a first state of charge (SOC1) to a second state of charge (SOC2), wherein the second... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20100019728 - Power supply system and vehicle including the same: A converter ECU Obtains a temperature increase start signal indicating start of temperature increase of a power storage unit from each sensor and ECU provided in a vehicle. In addition, the converter ECU obtains allowable electric power of the power storage unit from a battery ECU and obtains a power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100019729 - Power supply system and vehicle with the system: A vehicle includes a charging unit receiving electric power from an external power source and externally charging a power storage unit. When a connector unit is coupled to the vehicle and a state ready for charging by the external power source is attained, a controller predicts degradation ratio of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100019730 - Tamper detection and disabling system for a battery: A battery includes a battery chassis defining a housing. A tamper detection system is located in the housing and is operable to detect an access of the housing. A disabling system is located in the housing, coupled to the tamper detection system, and operable to disable a power supply function... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100019733 - Battery monitoring system: A battery monitoring system (BMS) configured for use in measuring operating conditions of a battery or other source of electric current. The BMS may include a housing configured to include a dampening element between a shunt and connection arm in order to limit the likelihood of vibrations and other forces... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20100019731 - Device and method for instantaneous load reduction configuration to prevent under voltage condition: A device may include a battery and a plurality of components receiving power from the battery. A voltage of the battery is maintained above a threshold voltage by decreasing a current drawn by one of the components when the battery voltage approaches the threshold voltage.... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20100019732 - Electric cells for battery pack, battery control system, and battery control method: There are provided a battery control system and a battery control method which can eliminate a management device controlling voltages of individual cells in a battery pack, resist the influence of noise, prevent an increase in size, and reduce the load on a management device. A cell for a battery... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20100019734 - Charge control device and electrically driven vehicle: Commercial AC voltage applied to an input terminal (90) from a commercial power supply external to the vehicle is boosted by a transformer (86) to a voltage level higher than the voltage (VB) of an electricity storage device (B) to be applied to neutral points (N1, N2). In a charging... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100019735 - Storage system including a plurality of battery modules: In a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules, the rated power consumption can be reduced. The storage system is provided with a charge control unit. The charge control unit stops, when detecting that a predetermined number of a plurality of battery modules are during battery charging, the... Agent: Juan Carlos A. Marquez C/o Stites & Harbison PLLC

20100019736 - Oscillator circuit: An oscillation circuit generates a pulse signal. A charging/discharging circuit performs switching between a charging state between a charging state for charging the capacitor and a discharging state for discharging the capacitor. A first to a third comparators compare a capacitor voltage with a first to a third voltages, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100019737 - Method and device for charging an electrical energy storage element, in particular an ultracapacitor: The device according to the invention for charging a first electrical energy storage element (1), in particular an ultracapacitor, from a second electrical energy storage element (2), in particular a battery, is of the type of those comprising a reversible DC/DC converter (3) arranged between the first and second elements... Agent: Berenato & White, LLC

20100013428 - Apparatus for charging portable devices using solar cell: Provided is an apparatus for charging a variety of portable devices using external light without an additional power, and more particularly, an apparatus adding a voltage pump function in which a full charge or quick charge is performed by artificial-intellectually recognizing types of portable devices, the state of a residual... Agent: Jason Y. Pahng And Associates, LLC

20100013429 - Battery management systems and methods: Battery management systems and methods are provided. The system includes an electronic device and a fuel cell module. The electronic device includes a processing module, a first power adapter, a first communication interface, and a rechargeable battery. The fuel cell module includes a second power adapter connected with the first... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20100013430 - Charging methods for battery powered devices: A battery charge control system including an algorithm for determining whether the battery chemistry of a battery pack for use in a portable electronic device is primary, in which case charging is prevented, or secondary, in which case charging is enabled. The routine operates by measuring the terminal voltage and... Agent: Daniel Feigelson

20100013432 - Battery charger: A battery charger 100 that charges a battery 40 is provided with a power supply circuit 12 to supply power to charge the battery, a control section 13 to control the power supply circuit 12, and an output terminal 19 connected to the input-side of the power supply circuit 12... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100013431 - Inductively powered sleeve for mobile electronic device: There is disclosed a sleeve for holding a portable electronic device such as an MP3 player, mobile telephone, PDA and the like. The sleeve is provided with an integrally formed secondary winding that enables the sleeve to pick up magnetic flux from an inductive charging platform and associated circuitry for... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20100013434 - Charging station: The present application relates to a charging station operable in a charging cycle for charging an electric vehicle. The charging station has a key-activated controller for controlling the charging cycle. The application also relates to a key for operating the charging station. Furthermore, the application relates to a charging station... Agent: Ballard Spahr LLP

20100013435 - Charging station: A charging station for electric vehicles is disclosed. The charging station includes a charge device and a terminal. The terminal is used for monitoring and recording the charging status of the charge device. The charging station can rapidly charge electric vehicles just like gas stations for engine powered vehicles.... Agent: David Shung

20100013436 - Street light mounted network-controlled charge transfer device for electric vehicles: A network-controlled charge transfer device for transferring charge between a local power grid and an electric vehicle is mounted to a street light. The charge transfer device includes the following: an electrical receptacle to receive an electrical connector for connection to the electric vehicle; an electric power line that couples... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100013433 - Vehicle charging station having a dual position locking door: A vehicle charging station including a compartment having a door, a receptacle disposed within the interior of the compartment for receiving a charging cord from a vehicle, and a door mechanism. The door mechanism includes a first latch for locking and unlocking the door from a closed position. The first... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman

20100013437 - Redundant battery protection system and method: An enhanced battery pack having an enhanced protection system addresses a potential weakness of the conventional protection system of a conventional battery pack. The enhanced protection system includes both the convention protection circuit and a redundant protection circuit. The redundant protection circuit is either a duplicate copy of the conventional... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100013438 - Power processing systems and methods for use in plug-in electric vehicles: Embodiments include a power processing system and methods of its operation in a plug-in electric vehicle. The power processing system includes at least one AC electric motor, a bi-directional inverter system, and an electronic control system. The electronic control system provides a drive function by providing first control signals to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20100013439 - System and method for applying pulsation energy to online battery backup systems: A method of applying pulsation energy to an online battery backup system including the steps of (1) sampling at least one voltage sampling circuit to monitor a float voltage drop across the terminals of each battery unit within a plurality of battery units; (2) selecting from among the plurality of... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20100013440 - Rechargeable battery with active over-temperature protection and related method and power supply system: A rechargeable battery with active over-temperature protection includes an energy storage unit for storing energy provided by a recharging device, a temperature sensing unit coupled to the energy storage unit for sensing temperature of the energy storage unit in order to generate a temperature sensing signal, and an insertion status... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100013442 - Charging system, electronic circuit device including secondary cell, and power supply device for charging: Provided is a charging system wherein a voltage and a current can be accurately supplied from a power supply device even with a cable wiring resistance and a connector contact resistance, and the power supply device can be commonly used even for a plurality of kinds of electronic circuit devices... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20100013441 - Temperature controller: A temperature controller is provided, which comprises a control circuit. The temperature controller further comprises a charging circuit and a chargeable battery. The charging circuit functions to charge the chargeable battery and at the same time supply power to the control circuit. In the temperature controller according to the present... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100007305 - Battery seat: The present invention concerns a battery system including at least one battery unit for storing electric energy for use in connection with equipment, such as comfort equipment and/or safety equipment on a vehicle, preferably on a bicycle, as well as a bicycle with such a battery system. The new feature... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100007306 - Charging cable, charging control device and vehicle charging system: Provided is a charging cable capable of detecting an abnormal state, such as a break, of a control line through which a pilot signal is transmitted, the charging cable including: a power cable through which an external power source feeds a power storage device; a signal generating circuit for generating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100007307 - Wireless charging system: The present invention provides wireless power supply systems that wirelessly supply power to a remote device for rapidly charging a charge storage capacitor, which charges a battery with the power stored in the charge storage capacitor. This allows the remote device to be positioned near the inductive power supply for... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20100007308 - Charge equalization apparatus: The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which can enable the primary windings and the secondary windings of transformers to be easily manufactured, can control the flow of charges into batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into batteries that... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20100007309 - Method for determining the state of charge of a battery in charging or discharging phase at constant current: The method for determining the state of charge of a battery can be used during charging or discharging of the battery at constant current. It comprises placing the battery in open circuit during a recovery period until the voltage at the terminals of said battery stabilizes at a voltage plateau.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100007311 - Battery module, pack of modules: a third message system for utilization of a battery pack comprising several modules connected via their user terminals, when the pack is associated with a consumer machine for the purpose of supplying it with electric energy, are provided in the message processing unit, which is able to be configured into... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100007310 - Battery pack, information processing apparatus, charge control system, charge control method by battery pack, and charge control method by charge control system: A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100001681 - Solar-powered device: Solar-powered device having a body for housing at least one energy storage module and at least one control module are disclosed. The body includes an opening formed by at least two recesses disposed about an upper surface of the body. At least one solar panel may be coupled to the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20100001682 - Method and apparatus for utilizing recycled batteries to surface charge an automobile battery: Method and apparatus comprising used batteries for surface charging an automobile battery. A surface charge provides a time limited window in which to start a vehicle comprising a surface charged battery for example. Use of used batteries provides for environmentally effective manner in which to deal with the tremendous amount... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20100001685 - Automatic coupling of an alternating current power source and an inductive power apparatus to charge a target device battery: Several methods and systems to perform automatic coupling of an alternating current power source and an inductive power apparatus to charge a target device battery are disclosed. In an embodiment, an inductive battery charging system includes a connection module to determine when a target device is coupled to a charging... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20100001683 - Charging apparatus, portable electronic device using the apparatus, and charging method thereof: A charging apparatus includes an antenna, a receiver, and a battery. The battery is charged by a harvester, which converts wireless energy sent by antenna to direct current and charges the battery. The harvester includes a sensor coil, a rectifier and voltage regulating filter. The wireless energy is converted by... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100001684 - Limitation of vampiric power consumption with decoupling of an inductive power apparatus and an alternating current power source: Several methods and systems to perform limitation of vampiric power consumption with decoupling of an inductive power apparatus and an alternating current power source is disclosed. In an embodiment, an inductive battery charging system includes an inductive power apparatus that provides power to a target load when the inductive power... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20100001687 - Battery charge monitoring device: A battery charge monitoring device for monitoring feed of electric power from a power source installation to a battery, the power source installation being disposed separately from a vehicle on which the battery is mounted, and the vehicle using the electric power fed from the battery as a drive source... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100001686 - Electric vehicle battery alternating recharging process: The most important negative reason is the length of time the Batteries could supply Electric current in the operation of the vehicle. The Batteries in an Electric Vehicle have kept this mode of transportation from becoming cost efficient. The recharging of the Batteries in an Electric Vehicle has taken a... Agent: Michael Steven Hargett

20100001688 - Adaptor device for charging portable electronic apparatus: An adaptor device for charging portable electronic apparatus, the device being comprised of a plurality of connectors to be coupled mechanically and removably to a housing connectable to a power supply, each connector being comprised of a hollow main body featuring a compartment which may house a voltage regulating electronic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100001689 - Modular charger: A charge module adapter for a power distribution system comprising an electric device, a rechargeable battery and an adapter module, wherein the adapter module is functionally interposed between the electric device and the battery, the adapter module being in electrical communication with the electric device and the battery, wherein the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20100001690 - Power supply device and portable electronic device: A power supply device capable of reducing noise intruding into connecting terminals for signal input or output will be provided. A cradle device 3 has a case 18; a positive supply terminal 21P and a negative power supply terminal 21N exposed from the case 18; a charger 52 provided inside... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20100001691 - Battery assembly: A battery assembly (10) is described. The battery assembly (10) includes a power storing module (11) and a charging module (12). The charging module (12) is electrically connected to the power storing module (11) and received in the power storing module (11). The charging module (12) is configured to electrically... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100001692 - Charge/discharge control device for secondary battery and vehicle equipped with the same: A charge/discharge control device for a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle includes a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a battery and a control device setting a battery power charged to and discharged from the battery base on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the state of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100001694 - Control signal generation circuit and battery management system using the same: A control signal generating circuit used in a battery management system may stably generate a control signal. The control signal generating circuit includes a first signal line transmitting a first control signal having an on-level or an off-level, a second signal line transmitting a second control signal having an on-level... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20100001693 - Deterioration determination circuit, power supply apparatus, and deterioration determination method of secondary battery: Provided is a deterioration determination circuit configuring by including: an SOC detection unit for detecting an SOC of a secondary battery; an internal resistance detection unit for detecting an internal resistance value of the secondary battery; a first determination unit for determining the status of deterioration of the secondary battery... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100001695 - Charging control apparatus and charging apparatus: A charging control apparatus comprising: a voltage control unit in a charging apparatus configured to control generation of an output voltage and a power supply voltage, the charging apparatus being an apparatus configured to generate, from a voltage of an input power supply applied through a relay, the output voltage... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20100001696 - System to improve a multistage charge pump and associated methods: A system to improve a multistage charge pump may include a capacitor, a first plate carried by the capacitor, and a second plate carried by the capacitor opposite the first plate. The system may also include a clock to control charging and discharging of the capacitor. The system may further... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau