Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging inventions

20090278490 - Apparatus and method for the power management of operatively connected batteries respectively on a handheld electronic device and a holder for the handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device in conjunction with a holder for the handheld electronic device that together form an electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a first battery and the holder includes a second battery and a charging apparatus. When the handheld electronic device and the holder are electrically connected... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090278489 - Lossless dynamic battery equalizer system and method: A system and method dynamically equalizes battery voltages with low inherent power losses in a string of series connected electrochemical batteries. The method includes charging/discharging a group of batteries using magnetic storage in a transformer with bipolar magnetic excursion, individually isolated circuits and pulsed energy transfer. A method also exchanges... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090278488 - Method for discharge balancing of a battery array: A method for discharge balancing for a battery array including a plurality of partitions of battery cells 210 is disclosed. The method includes: transferring charge from a first partition of battery cells to a high capacity storage device 240; and transferring charge from the high capacity storage device 240 to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090278491 - Integrated side view mirror assembly and electrical port for an automotive vehicle: An electrical port is integrated within a side view mirror assembly of an automotive vehicle. The electrical port is electrically connected with a charging system of the vehicle. The electrical port may be coupled with a power source remote from the vehicle to power the charging system. The electrical port... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090278492 - Charging system: A charging system that significantly increases the anti-theft capability of a charging subject. The charging subject includes a rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery of the charging subject is connected to a power supply of a house by power lines. An authentication management device performs authentication of the charging subject by... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090278493 - Intra-package battery charging apparatus and process for distributed products: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement in retail product differentiation. A retail battery charging method and apparatus comprises a battery charger element that is powered by electricity from a retailer's infrastructure and a battery element that is contained within a product's packing and whereby the battery is charged... Agent: Ray M. Alden

20090278495 - Charging and security station for multiple wireless tablets: A charging station (10) for wireless digitizer tablets (12) includes a housing (11), and a plurality of tablet receiving areas (20) associated with the housing. Each tablet receiving area is constructed and arranged to receive a wireless digitizer tablet for docking therein. A charging connector (24) is associated with each... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090278494 - Universal electrical interface for providing power to mobile devices: A charging system that comprises circuitry adapted to devices to be charged, including a power receiver module embedded in or molded into a form-fit case, e.g., gel-skin, that attaches physically and electrically to the device to be charged and that effectively receives power conductively from a power delivery surface of... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090278496 - Series-connected rechargeable cells, series-connected rechargeable cell device, voltage-balance correcting circuit for series-connected cells: [Means for Solution] Series-connected rechargeable cells includes: a large number of rechargeable cells that are series-connected, and that are divided into a plurality of series-connected cell groups placed continuously in order of connecting; and a voltage-balance correcting circuit that balances the voltages of the cells, and that is provided with... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090278497 - Apparatus and method for controlling power: An apparatus for controlling a power source, and which includes a power source unit including a plurality of power cells connected in parallel, a balancing unit coupled to the plurality of power cells of the power source unit, and a controller configured to control the balancing unit to balance operational... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090278498 - Energy storage system: An energy storage system includes a battery charger and energy storage devices. The battery charger is connected to a DC/AC current source. The energy storage devices are coupled between the battery charger and subsystems respectively. Each of the energy storage devices includes a magnetic capacitor (MCAP) and an over current... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090278499 - Method and electronic circuit for efficient battery wake up charging: A method for efficiently charging a battery. The method includes producing a first signal having a voltage level dependent on the voltage of the battery comparing the voltage level of the first signal with a settable voltage representative of a maximum battery charging current, and producing a second signal representative... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20090278500 - Automotive power supply system and method of operating same: A battery control module monitors discharge voltages associated with a traction battery of an automotive vehicle. The battery control module cycles the traction battery at a discharge-voltage dependent charge/discharge profile to generate heat within the traction battery.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090278501 - Smart battery protector with impedance compensation: A battery protector with internal impedance compensation comprises: a logic circuit and delay module, an overcharge comparator, and an over-discharge comparator. The overcharge comparator has a positive terminal connected with a first adjustable reference signal and the over-discharge comparator has a negative terminal connected with a second adjustable reference signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090278502 - Method for controlling the end of the discharge of a rechargeable battery: The method for controlling the end of discharge of a rechargeable battery according to the invention comprises determining (F1) the transition frequency (FHF) of the battery and determining (F2, F3) an end-of-discharge criterion of the battery according to said transition frequency (FHF). Said end-of-discharge criterion is representative for example of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090278503 - Thin-film battery equipment: In one aspect, a method of making an apparatus includes forming a thin-film battery; affixing a device to the thin-film battery while the thin-film battery is in a substantially discharged state; and subjecting the thin-film battery to a high temperature that exceeds a temperature rating of the thin film battery... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20090278505 - Battery-containing unit and charging base: A battery-containing unit and a charging base are a battery-containing unit includes a lithium ion battery, and a charging base to which the battery-containing unit to be charged is placed. The battery-containing unit includes a charging circuit that converts an alternating current produced in an energized coil into a direct... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090278504 - Digital cassette charging apparatus, digital cassette charging system, and digital cassette charging method: There is provided a digital cassette charging apparatus including: a charging unit loadable with plural types of digital cassette each comprising a rechargeable battery, the charging unit capable of charging the rechargeable batteries of the plural types of digital cassette at the same time; an identification unit for identifying each... Agent: Moss & Burke, PLLC

20090278506 - System and method for dynamic power management of a mobile device: The present relates to a system and method for dynamic power management of a mobile device. The mobile device has a plurality of loads and a battery charger electrically connected to a voltage rail. The method comprises monitoring the plurality of loads to determine when at least one of the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090278507 - Charging method and device: A charging method for a battery includes: enabling a charging device to charge the battery with a first charging voltage having a value that is increasing and a first charging current having a value that is constant; and when it is determined that the value of the first charging voltage... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090278508 - Method and apparatus for charging batteries: A method for charging batteries, in particular lithium batteries, includes the steps of connecting a battery electrically to a battery-charging apparatus, dispensing electric power to the battery by means of the battery-charging apparatus, and regulating the electric current and voltage dispensed by the battery-charging apparatus to the battery. The regulating... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090278509 - Battery charging and isolation system for gas engine: A control system is adapted to control an internal combustion engine, which has a battery for electric start operation and a mechanical starter for manual start operation. The control system includes a transformer configured to generate a high voltage output for providing a spark, and a power regulation circuit having... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20090273309 - Photovoltaic charging system: A modular charging unit that allows efficient charging of a rechargeable battery with a charging station and during use away from the charging system uses ambient energy to extend battery life of the device.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090273310 - Concentric connector for electric vehicles: An electrical connection system including a triaxial socket and a triaxial plug, each having three concentric contacts—an inner, an intermediate and an outer contact. In the process of connecting, the outer contacts connect first, the inner contacts connect second, and the intermediate contacts connect third. All contacts except the plug... Agent: The Law Office Of John A. Griecci

20090273311 - Charging system for an article of footwear: An article of footwear and a footwear housing is disclosed. The footwear housing includes a charging station that can be used to charge a battery in the footwear housing.... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090273312 - System and method for reliable information handling system and battery communication: Communication between an information handling system and battery has improved reliability by repeated communications of information from the battery using different commands from the information handling system. A battery management unit responds to a first command from an information handling system by sending information stored at a first address associated... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090273314 - Battery pack and control method: A battery pack includes at least one secondary battery, a fuse, and a control section. The fuse is configured to cut off charge or discharge current of the secondary battery upon detection of an abnormality of the secondary battery. The control section is configured to detect the abnormality of the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090273313 - Capacity fade adjusted charge level or recharge interval of a rechargeable power source of an implantable medical device, system and method: System and method for estimating the time before recharging the rechargeable power source of an implantable medical device. In a method, the present charge level of the power source is determined by determining the percentage of total charge consumed over a period of time. The present charge level is then... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20090273315 - Method and apparatus for battery pre-check at system power-on: A system including at least one electronic component and a battery check circuit. When a power consumption level of the at least one electronic component is increased, the battery check circuit determines whether to provide power from a battery to the at least one electronic component by comparing a power... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090273316 - Method and device for recharging a mobile device such as a headset: A recharging system for recharging a rechargeable battery of a mobile device such as a headset is disclosed. The recharging system includes a rechargeable system battery, a first connector configured to connect the recharging system to the mobile device, a second connector configured to connect the recharging system to a... Agent: Plantronics, Inc.IPDepartment/legal

20090273317 - intelligentized high-frequency charger for batteries: An intelligentized high-frequency charger for batteries includes a monolithic processor control circuit, a charging control circuit and a detection circuit electrically connected to the said monolithic processor control circuit respectively. The said monolithic processor control circuit includes a monolithic processor, an auxiliary power supply circuit and a key display circuit... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090273318 - Time remaining to charge an implantable medical device, charger indicator, system and method therefore: System and method for estimating a time to recharge a rechargeable power source of an implantable medical device. A plurality of measured parameters relating to the implantable medical device and an external charging device are applied to a model of recharging performance and an estimate is provided to a patient,... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20090273320 - Controlling battery charging based on current, voltage and temperature: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that charges a lithium-ion battery. During operation, the system monitors: a current through the battery, a voltage of the battery, and a temperature of the battery. Next, the system uses the monitored current, voltage and temperature to control a charging process... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090273319 - Handheld device with fast-charging capability: A handheld device with a fast-charging capability is adapted to be connected to a charger to obtain an electric power. The handheld device includes a battery, a charging circuit, a safety circuit, a control unit, and an input module. The charging circuit is electrically connected to the charger and transfers... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090273321 - Device and method for charging an energy store: The energy required for equilibrating the charges of at least two cells in series in an energy storage device is introduced by way of a first charge path via an alternating voltage bus to the cell with the lowest cell voltage (UZX). The alternating voltage bus is supplied with power... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090267560 - Battery pack: The battery pack instead of the size AA battery is loaded in a battery storage of an electronic device. The battery pack includes a battery casing, a plurality of size AAA batteries, a battery holder, a circuit board, and an induction coil electromagnetically connected to a primary coil of a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090267561 - Induction type power supply device: An induction type power supply device includes a power supply base unit having a connection interface connectable, an oscillator circuit for producing an AC signal upon connection of the connection interface to an electric outlet, a driver circuit for amplifying the AC signal and a primary inductor for obtaining a... Agent: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.

20090267559 - Mobile electronic equipment and battery charger cradle: Mobile electronic equipment incorporating an induction coil and a battery; and a battery charger cradle for recharging the battery in the mobile electronic equipment. Regarding the charger cradle, a bottom surface of a mounting portion is curved in a U-grooved shape, and a primary coil is incorporated inside the U-grooved... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090267558 - Wireless power charging system: A non-contact power charging system includes a wireless power transmission apparatus 10 for transmitting a power signal from a primary core 14 via a resonant converter 13 by the control of a transmission control unit 12; and a wireless power receiving apparatus 20 for receiving the power signal transmitted from... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20090267564 - Charging cabinet assembly for hand held devices: A charging cabinet for hand held devices comprising a cavity defined by a rear wall, top and bottom parallel walls, and opposing side walls, and a front wall hingeably secured to one of the side walls to form a closure door, there being positioned within the cavity of the cabinet,... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20090267563 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a remote control and a main body. The remote control has two contacting portions. The main body is capable of being controlled by the remote control. The main body has two conductive portions and two power supply terminals for supplying the electrical power to the two... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090267562 - Portable battery charger for multiple electronic devices: The multiple unit portable battery charger disclosed is a portable, rechargeable refueling station for handheld and mobile electronics. The multiple device portable battery charger is capable of providing a full charge to two electronic devices either simultaneously or individually. Additionally, the battery charger can charge the two devices simultaneously up... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Intellectual Property Department

20090267565 - Method and system for cell equalization with charging sources and shunt regulators: A system and method for charging a rechargeable, or secondary, battery including a series string of cells, includes a topology of charging sources that selectively provides charging current to cells that need to be charged, but avoids overcharging cells that are already charged above a predetermined voltage threshold. Based on... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090267566 - Car power source apparatus: The car power source apparatus is provided with a series battery array 10 having a plurality of rechargeable batteries 11 connected in series to supply power to an electric motor that drives the car, equalizing circuits 20 that equalize battery 11 electrical characteristics by discharging or charging each battery 11... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090267568 - Current breaking method for rechargeable battery and battery pack using the same: A current breaking method of a rechargeable battery and a battery pack using the same. The current breaking method includes: measuring a current value of a current flowing through a high current path of a rechargeable battery; measuring a duration time of the current flowing through the high current path;... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090267567 - Systems and methods for supplying power to an electronic device: A method which supplies power to an electronic device from a power supply device. The method includes setting a minimum power level of a power supply battery of a power supply device, detecting a current power level of the power supply battery and determining a current supply of the power... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090267569 - Charger system and method: Systems and methods of controlling a charging status indicator in a charging system for a device having a rechargeable power supply are provided. The charging system determines whether a device connected thereto supports remote control of the charging status indicator, and controls the charging status indicator as directed by the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090267570 - Apparatus for providing boot-up capability signals and associated methods: An apparatus for providing a boot-up capability signal for a portable electronic device, the apparatus configured to determine an amount of charge provided to a battery of the device by a charging process, based around one or more powering events, in order to provide for the boot-up capability signal.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090267571 - Load current dependent reduction of charge battery current: Circuits and methods to charge batteries of a portable device simultaneously with supplying power to the device for its operation, using a power source with limited maximum current, as e.g. an USB port, have been achieved. The system invented relies upon digital control only. No direct sensing of the current... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20090261776 - Portable electronic device: An exemplary portable electronic device includes a main body and a battery therein. The main body has a wind power generating and charging module mounted therein. The wind power generating and charging module includes a wind turbine generator and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured for controlling the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090261777 - Solar panel charging display device and method: A solar panel charging display device comprises: a solar panel capable of transforming solar energy into electrical energy; one storage module connected to the solar panel and storing the electrical energy produced by the solar panel; one measurement module connected to the solar panel and the storage module, and capable... Agent: Kening Li Pinsent Masons LLP

20090261778 - Non-contact charger available of wireless data and power transmission, charging battery-pack and mobile device using non-contact charger: Disclosed is a non-contact charger. The present invention provides a non-contact charger capable of wireless data communication and power supply between a non-contact charger capable of computer UBS communication and a charging battery-pack of a mobile device, using an induced electromotive force, thereby to enable data communication and power supply... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20090261779 - Transmission line directional awareness: Coupling a charging station to a power line segment that is terminated at a first end by a charging terminal includes: sensing a communication signal propagating on the power line and being coupled from multiple taps connected to the power line segment, and determining if the communication signal is propagating... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090261780 - Battery charging device: A battery charging device (100) includes an adapter (10), at least one regulating circuit (30) and an attaching mechanism (40). The adapter is configured for connecting power supplies. The regulating circuit is electronically connected to the adapter, and regulates charging electric potential and charging current. The attaching mechanism is electronically... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090261781 - Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries: Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order control device are connected by isolating units, photocouplers.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090261782 - Electricity storage device: An electric storage device is disclosed, this device can balance voltages across each one of energy storage devices with each other in a short time even if the voltages disperse in a wide range, and also it can reduce needless power consumption. This device includes the energy storage devices and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090261783 - System and methods to extend the service life of portable devices: A method for extending the service life of a portable device includes monitoring a battery of a portable device; identifying a problem bank; reconfiguring a connection schema for the battery to replace the problem battery bank with at least one spare bank; conditioning or exercising the problem bank; connecting the... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20090261784 - Battery recovery system: A battery includes at least one rechargeable battery cell that is operable to store energy. An electronics unit is coupled to the at least one rechargeable battery cell, wherein the electronics unit is operable to control an operating condition of the battery, and wherein the electronics unit is inoperable when... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090261785 - Method for managing a modular power source: Disclosed is a method for management of a modular power source including the steps of setting a first operation threshold, selecting a module 10, retrieving data representative of the operating condition of the module 10, retrieving data representative of the time, storing the newly retrieved data, comparing the newly retrieved... Agent: Schox PLC

20090261786 - Battery charge compensation: A battery charger and method for a rechargeable battery pack which includes various elements in series with the cells to be charged, including but not limited to current control FETs, a fuse, current sense resistor, and internal series impedance of the series connected cells to be charged. The charging current... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090261788 - Discharge apparatus, method of controlling discharge apparatus, and imaging apparatus: A discharge apparatus includes a discharge device having a temperature characteristic in which the impedance of the discharge device in a discharging state decreases as the ambient temperature increases, a capacitor that stores charge for causing the discharge device to discharge, a discharge control device that controls electrical connection and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090261787 - Hybrid battery: A hybrid battery includes a converter, a controller, a power source, and an ultracapacitor configured to be discharged. The converter is operable to receive a control signal and to regulate a current level that is allowed to be drawn from the power source to charge the ultracapacitor in accordance with... Agent: Ormiston & Mckinney, PLLC