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7564220 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...
7518340 Method and system for charge rate adjustment to enhance battery cycle life  
Methods and systems are disclosed for charge current adjustment to enhance battery cycle life thereby allowing batteries to be charged quickly without accelerating the aging process of the battery....
7486051 Charging and discharging control circuit, and charging type power supply device  
A charging and discharging control circuit controls charging and discharging of a secondary battery by monitoring at least one of a voltage across, and an electric current through, the secondary...
7332892 Method for predicting the voltage of a battery  
The present invention discloses a method for predicting the voltage of a battery, in particular a vehicle battery. The method according to the invention makes it possible to predict a voltage drop...
7197487 Apparatus and method for estimating battery state of charge  
A method for training a support vector machine to determine a present state of charge of an electrochemical cell system includes choosing a training data, preprocessing the training data, finding...
7193394 Method of controlling charge and discharge of secondary battery for automatic guided vehicle  
To provide a method of controlling charge and discharge of a secondary battery for automatic guided vehicle that can decide the timing of refresh charge and discharge accurately and minimize the...
7129675 System and method for battery charging  
A method for charging a lead acid storage battery to advantageously extend its life is described. The termination of a charging process is based upon an evaluation of the first derivative (dv/dt)...
6956487 Battery charging status indication circuit  
This invention includes a circuit for displaying charge status to a user. The circuit includes circuitry for comparing a supply or reference voltage to a cell voltage, circuitry for sensing...
6844703 Battery cell balancing system  
A battery cell balancing system ( 12 ) for a battery ( 30 ) having a plurality of cells ( 32 ) is provided. The system ( 12 ) includes a power supply ( 38 ) and a plurality of transformer/rectifier...
6765368 Electrical energy apparatuses, electrical energy conditioning circuits, and electrical supply methods  
Power supply apparatuses and methods of supplying electrical energy are provided. According to one aspect, a power supply apparatus includes an electrochemical device configured to store electrical...
6700383 Method of detecting and resolving memory effect  
A method of detecting and resolving a memory effect capable of detecting the memory effect with ease and with high precision and resolving even when the vehicle is in motion is provided. A current...
6700352 Dual capacitor/battery charger  
A power charger which charges and provide conditioned power from at least one of a super-capacitor and a secondary battery. The type of energy device is user selectable, such that the user can...
6661201 Method for controlling battery charge and discharge  
The present invention provides a method for controlling battery charging and discharging in which a battery is charged and discharged such that a SOC (state of charge) value of the battery is...
6600293 Battery control system  
A battery control system capable of relatively smoothly canceling memory effects caused to a battery mounted on a hybrid vehicle, while avoiding deterioration of the battery and vehicle...
6566844 Method and apparatus for extending the functionality of a battery  
A method to extend the functionality of a battery, the method comprising drawing a current greater than the minimum rejuvenation current from the battery thereby increasing a functionality of the...
6469473 Method and apparatus for using pulse current to extend the functionality of a battery  
A method to extend the functionality of a battery, the method comprising drawing power from the battery, and repetitively drawing a current pulse greater than the minimum conditioning current from...
6465988 Charging/discharging control device and method for canceling memory effect in secondary battery  
A device and a method are provided in which memory effects can be cancelled by controlling charging and discharging of a secondary battery during driving of a vehicle. When a memory effect...
6441584 Charge maintenance system for lead-acid battery  
A charge maintenance system for a lead-acid battery includes a charger, a voltage monitor, and a load/switch series combination, all connectable in parallel across the battery terminals, the switch...
6433511 Method and apparatus for manually reconditioning a battery without a switch  
This invention includes an apparatus and method of initiating reconditioning of a rechargeable battery cell without an auxiliary mechanical switch. When a battery is inserted into the charger, the...
6414465 Method and apparatus for charging a lead acid battery  
A battery charger for a lead acid battery having a power supply with an input connected to an AC signal and an output connected to the battery. The power supply provides a charge current to the...
6392385 Battery operation for extended cycle life  
The present invention provides a method for cycling a battery, containing lithium metal oxide, particularly lithium manganese oxide (LMO) active material, in a cell in a manner which reduces the...
6380716 Condition monitoring of opportunity charged batteries  
In a preferred embodiment, a method of condition monitoring of an opportunity charged battery, including: determining length of time the battery has been off-line; determining whether charging of...
6344729 Method and apparatus for reconditioning and charging a battery  
A method and apparatus for reconditioning and charging a battery is disclosed. The lead-acid battery rejuvenator apparatus comprises of an oscillator, a frequency divider and a pair of transistors....
6259231 Rapid battery charger  
In a method of charging a battery cell, having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, a charging current is applied to the battery cell. A voltage is measured between the positive terminal...
6252374 Apparatus for reconditioning batteries  
The invention is a reconditioner for batteries to remove the "memory effect" or "voltage depression", which is caused by the failure to completely discharge a battery before recharging the battery....
6184650 Apparatus for charging and desulfating lead-acid batteries  
Apparatus for charging and desulfating lead-acid batteries provides a DC electrical charging current to the battery terminals to charge the battery to a fully charged voltage during a bulk charge...
6137261 Rechargeable battery maintenance and testing system  
A battery maintenance and testing system (22) that includes a battery support system (2) that tests, conditions, and charges rechargeable battery packs. The battery support system (22) accommodates...
6118251 Battery depassivation and conditioning method and apparatus  
The present invention provides a unique method for safely and effectively moving the passive layer from the anode of a battery, so that the battery will function safely and properly. Batteries that...
6023418 Low voltage polarity correcting DC to DC converter  
A DC to DC converter particularly suited for use to boost or reduce the voltage with single battery systems allows insertion of the battery in either polarity through use of a symmetrical...
5982146 Method and apparatus for conditioning battery while external power is applied  
A method which may be used to condition a battery. The method includes sensing that the battery needs to be conditioned while an external power source is being used as the source of system power....
5963017 Calibration of the battery device for a portable computer system  
A capacity calibration apparatus for the battery of a portable computer system is provided. The computer system includes a main board circuit, a processor unit, a display unit, a power-supply board...
5942878 Method and device for reducing memory effect of battery  
According to the invention, the discharge depth representing the ratio of discharged capacity relative to the rated discharge capacity of a battery is divided into a plurality of ranges with each...
5905363 Method for reducing the internal resistance of rechargeable batteries  
The invention relates to a method for reducing the internal resistance (R i ) of rechargeable accumulators, in particular nickel-cadmium accumulators, wherein an electric energy source is connected...
5874824 Method of activation treatment of Ni/MH secondary battery by hot-charging  
The present invention provides a method of activation treatment of a Ni/MH secondary battery which comprises a step of immersing an electrode or battery in a solution or electrolyte and...
5826958 Apparatus for automatically conditioning rechargeable batteries  
A circuit for conditioning a battery having a casing and battery charging terminals for charging the battery from an external power source. The conditioning circuit is preferably contained within...
5739670 Method for diagnosing battery condition  
A method for diagnosing the general condition of a battery module in a string of such modules comprising a battery pack monitors voltage, current and temperatures of the modules and battery pack....
5723971 Apparatus for charging a battery for a charge time determined based on the depth of discharge  
A charging apparatus for a rechargeable storage battery is disclosed which charges the battery at a constant current. The charging apparatus monitors a variation in voltage of the battery during...
5712795 Power management system  
A power management system automatically manages the power to operate a biomedical device, such as an infusion pump containing an internal battery. When external power is available, the management...
5635815 Battery exercising pacer and/or emergency start monitoring system  
A battery pacer apparatus and method are configured for extending the life of lead-acid batteries. A high current discharge is applied for a limited time of about 10-40 seconds to remove lead...
5625291 System for exchanging information in a battery mailbox  
A system having a battery, a battery support unit, and an electronic device provides for the exchange of information between the battery support unit and the electronic device via a mailbox in...
5600227 Electrical storage battery charger and conditioner  
The present invention provides a charging, discharging and conditioning method and apparatus that provides an improved method of breaking in new rechargeable batteries and reconditioning old...
5475294 Charge controller for battery charger  
For charging a storage battery, e.g. a nickel-cadmium cell, recharging is conducted after the battery is forcibly discharged while the charge voltage stays in a specified range after a period of...
5334925 Nickel cadmium battery deep cycler device  
A device for draining a nickel cadmium or other battery prior to recharging the battery includes first and second input terminals for connecting the device to a battery to be discharged, and first...
5304916 Battery charger  
A battery charger is provided for use in electronic devices such as a portable computer. When the electronic device is being powered by an external source of power, such as an AC adapter, the...
5283511 Rechargeable battery manager  
Apparatus and method for conditioning batteries such as those of the nickel-cadmium type for which deep discharge prior to recharge is desirable. Mechanical programming plates having different...
5223780 Mobile telephone battery power supply unit with power detection and discharge circuit  
A mobile telephone battery power supply unit consisted of a housing covered with a slide cover to hold an electronic circuit assembly and battery case on the inside. The electronic circuit assembly...
5196779 Battery maintenance system  
A battery maintenance system for charging, analyzing, discharging and conditioning of a NiCad battery. The system displays voltage and capacity to determine whether or not a NiCad battery has...
5182509 Conditioning and charging circuit for nickel-cadmium batteries  
A conditioning and charging circuit for NiCd battries includes a switch for initially connecting the battery to a discharge resistor to discharge the battery. The battery voltage is monitored...
5159258 Rechargeable battery conditioner unit  
A piggyback conditioner unit usable in conjunction with a Ni-Cad battery power pack and a standard charger for the pack, the pack being normally adapted to be seated on and connected to the charger...
5153496 Cell monitor and control unit for multicell battery  
A cell monitoring and control circuit for a multicell battery comprises a cell access switch coupled to the cells of the battery for electronically accessing individual cells of the battery and a...
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