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7624292 Battery power detection device  
A battery power detection device is disclosed that has a reduced circuit area and is able to achieve sufficiently high detection accuracy. The battery power detection device includes a temperature...
7619394 Capacitor charger with a modulated current varying with an input voltage and method thereof  
In a capacitor charger including a transformer having a primary winding connected with an input voltage and a secondary winding for transforming a primary current flowing through the primary...
7619392 Method for verifying smart battery failures by measuring input charging voltage and associated systems  
A method and associated system are disclosed for verifying charging failures for smart batteries by measuring input charging voltage and associated systems. In one embodiment, a determination is...
7619391 Electrical appliance with battery protection  
An electrical appliance, such as a power tool, has an electrical motor, a control circuit connected to the motor, and a rechargeable LI-ion battery pack for powering the motor via the control...
7619390 Battery cell voltage and impedance measuring circuit  
In general, in the circuit to measure and diagnose the cell post voltage and internal impedance in storage battery cells and find out their aging status, the impedance voltage signal which is...
7616421 Electrical interface system  
An interface system may be used to connect an electrical device to an electrical bus. The interface system may include a first end and a second end in electrical communication with the first end....
7615968 Method and device for charging a battery at elevated temperatures  
The present invention pertains to a method and device for charging a battery at elevated temperatures. More specifically the present invention pertains to a method and a device capable of using the...
7615967 Method and apparatus of estimating state of health of battery  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus of estimating a state of health (SOH) of a battery using internal resistance, which has been found to act as a parameter exerting the greatest influence on the...
7615964 Rechargeable battery charging method  
A method for charging a secondary battery with a constant current, in which a peak of output voltage is detected by utilizing a predetermined current value, and then the battery continues to be...
7612537 Galvanically isolated charge balance system  
A galvanically isolated charge balance system for a multicell battery includes a balancing circuit associated with each cell; each balancing circuit including a flying capacitor; a variable...
7612524 Motor vehicle battery disconnect circuit having electronic disconnects  
An electronic disconnect switch module ( 12 ) in a motor vehicle has one or more pairs of high-current, high-side solid state switch devices ( 30 A, 30 B, 32 A, and 32 B). The source terminal of...
7610124 Control device for motor-driven vehicle  
A control device for a motor-driven vehicle, the control device includes: a zone determining unit that determines at least a normal use zone, a discharge zone, an over-discharge zone, a charge...
7605567 Battery protecting circuit and battery with such protecting circuit  
A protecting circuit for a battery used to power an electronic system includes a control circuit and a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit includes a tri-axial accelerometer having X, Y and Z...
7605566 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...
7605565 Battery pack with protection circuit  
A battery pack comprises a protection circuit adapted to detect an excessive current consumption condition associated with electronic components forming the battery pack.
7605352 Method for sorting positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements  
In a method for sorting PTC elements having different resistance-temperature characteristics, a predetermined voltage that allows a current to sufficiently decay is applied to each of PTC elements...
7602146 Protection methods, protection circuits and protection devices for secondary batteries, a power tool, charger and battery pack adapted to provide protection against fault conditions in the battery pack  
In a cordless power tool system, protection methods, circuits and devices are provided to protect against fault conditions within a battery pack that is operatively attached to a power tool or...
7598701 Battery pack and method for permanently disabling functions of a pirated battery pack  
A battery pack and method are disclosed that permanently disable the battery pack on portable electronic equipment if the battery pack has been inauthentically remanufactured. An output voltage...
7595610 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...
7595609 Battery system power path configuration and methods for implementing same  
A battery system may be provided with a battery charge current path that is different from the battery discharge current path of the battery system, for example, by providing no controlled charge...
7595608 Gate driver for a battery pack  
Apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for battery management. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes enabling determining if a charger is coupled to...
7592815 Leakage detection circuit for electric vehicle  
A leakage detection circuit for an electric vehicle includes a battery pack, first and second leakage detection switches, a controller, a leakage detection resistor, a voltage detector, and a...
7592777 Current mode battery charger controller  
A current mode charger controller for controlling a DC to DC converter. The current mode charger may include a first error amplifier having an output coupled to a common node. The first error...
7589502 Charge and discharge control circuit with variable switching delay time function and charging-type supply device using the control circuit  
A charging and discharging control circuit is provided in which a delay circuit is built in an over-discharge detector circuit, an over-charge detector circuit, or the like. A delay time of the...
7589501 Apparatus and method for protecting secondary battery  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for protecting a secondary battery by preventing overcharge of the secondary battery. The apparatus for protecting a secondary battery includes: a...
7589500 Method and system for battery protection  
A method of conducting an operation including a battery. The battery includes a cell having a voltage. Power is transferable between the cell and the electrical device. A controller is operable to...
7589499 Over voltage transient controller  
An over voltage transient controller to protect a rechargeable battery from an over voltage transient condition. The over voltage transient controller may comprise a comparator to compare a first...
7583060 Protective circuit for a secondary battery pack and method of operating the same  
A protective circuit for a secondary battery pack advantageously having a simple circuit configuration while maintaining the safety of banks in the circuit. Each protective circuit has banks...
7583055 Information handling system capable of operating with a power adapter having a power rating lower than the information handling system's power rating  
In response to detecting that a power adapter, having a first power rating lower than a second power rating of an information handling system (“IHS”), is coupled to the IHS and in response to a...
7579842 Battery management apparatus  
A battery management system includes a sensing module, a feeding module, a control module, and a common line adapted for connection to a battery when in use. In some embodiments, a battery...
7579811 Battery pack, battery protection processing apparatus and control method thereof  
It is aimed at stably implementing a protection function of a secondary battery mainly under software control and providing a battery pack characterized by a reduced circuit installation area,...
7573233 Battery system configured to survive failure of one or more batteries  
The battery system includes a battery pack having a plurality of power sources arranged in parallel groups that are connected in series. Each parallel group includes a plurality of power sources...
7570022 Variable battery refresh charging cycles  
A refresh control system that selectively initiates a refresh charge cycle includes an energy storage device and an electric machine that is operable to charge the energy storage device. A control...
7570021 Rechargeable battery controller and method for controlling output of rechargeable battery  
A rechargeable battery controller for controlling output of a rechargeable battery mounted on a vehicle having a power source including an internal combustion engine, a starter motor for starting...
7570017 Rechargeable battery pack for a power tool including over-discharge protection  
A battery pack for a power tool has a less-current consuming over-discharge protection. The battery pack includes a battery stack composed of a plurality of series connected secondary cells, and a...
7568538 Children's ride-on vehicle charging assemblies with back feed protection  
Battery charging assemblies for children's ride-on vehicles, and children's ride-on vehicles that include the same. The charging assemblies may include a power adapter that is adapted to be...
7567116 Voltage converting circuit and battery device  
A voltage converting circuit and a battery device, aimed at the problem that the breakdown voltage required for the driving input of the selected switch element is increased as the potential of the...
7566828 Power source device and charge controlling method to be used in same  
A power source device is provided which is capable of charging a secondary cell in a stable manner even in an environment in which power generated by a solar cell varies due to changes in sunlight...
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...
7560901 Internal short detection apparatus for secondary-battery, internal short detection method for secondary-battery, battery-pack, and electronic equipment  
A secondary-battery internal short detection apparatus is provided which is capable of precisely detecting an internal short being generated in a secondary-battery. In this apparatus: an...
7560900 Rechargeable lithium battery protection device  
A rechargeable lithium battery protection device uses an external circuit to control charging or discharging a rechargeable lithium battery for preventing an overcharge or an overdischarge of the...
7557540 Capacity measurement system for a battery with open circuit voltage detection  
A method and system for measuring the remaining capacity of a battery with open circuit voltage detection is disclosed. The method includes the steps of measuring an open circuit voltage, obtaining...
7554330 Method for determining the deterioration of a battery  
This objective is achieved according to the present invention in that in a method for determining the deterioration of a battery, the charge and discharge cycles of the battery are measured by...
7554300 Car power source apparatus  
The car power source apparatus is provided with a plurality of batteries, a temperature detection circuit, and an abnormal temperature rise prevention circuit. The temperature detection circuit...
7554291 Battery control system for a chargeable-and-dischargeable power supply system  
In a chargeable-and-dischargeable power supply system, a plurality of battery cell sections are connected in series with one another, a plurality of cell state detecting sections are installed for...
7553583 Systems and methods for constructing a battery pack  
Methods and systems for constructing a battery, the battery including at least two energy storage sections connected in parallel to a common module power bus, the energy storage sections including...
7551003 Current mirror circuit and constant current circuit having the same  
A current mirror circuit includes a pair of first and second transistors having bases connected together and emitters connected to a power line, a resistor connected between the bases of the first...
7550947 Battery state monitoring circuit and battery device  
Provided are a battery state monitoring circuit in which charging of a secondary battery in an over-charge detection state is prevented to improve safety, and a battery device including the battery...
7550945 Voltage measurement device  
A voltage measurement device includes: a charging circuit 100 having a first switch group of semiconductor elements P 1 , P 2 for connecting voltages of respective blocks, into which a plurality...
7545120 AC-DC adapter and battery charger integration for portable information handling systems  
In a method and system for converting an alternating current (AC) input to a direct current (DC) output, an AC-DC adapter includes a rectifier module operable to receive the AC input and generate a...