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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...
7620834 Battery voltage sag avoidance algorithm for a wireless handheld device  
A method and system for power source management of a portable device. A power source used to supply electrical energy for a portable device should ideally operate with a constant terminal voltage....
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...
7619389 Charge control device for a secondary battery  
A charge circuit 6 supplies a charging voltage (Vc) or a charging current to a secondary battery 2, 24 to 26 used for driving an appliance 21 ; a charged level setting device 5 , Sc 1 ...
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...
7612525 Electrical apparatus  
An electrical apparatus includes an electrical apparatus main body and a battery pack. The electrical apparatus main body has a load, a manipulation switch, a power receiving electrode, a main body...
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...
7599717 Method and apparatus for displaying battery fault notifications on wireless devices  
A battery pack for a mobile device, a method for processing fault notifications for a mobile device, and a mobile device for processing fault notifications are described. The battery pack having a...
7598708 Battery protecting apparatus and battery protecting circuit  
A battery protecting circuit is disclosed that includes a negative voltage terminal voltage detecting circuit that detects when a voltage of a negative voltage terminal decreases to less than a...
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...
7593823 Method and device for determining state of battery, and battery power supply system therewith  
Coefficients A and B are calculated from the measured temperature and the measured state of charge. Next, a response voltage Vc is calculated by substituting the measured internal impedance X into...
7592776 Energy storage device configured to discharge energy in response to unsafe conditions  
A method, device and system is disclosed for rapidly and safely discharging remaining energy stored in an electrochemical battery 104 in the event of an internal short circuit or other fault. In...
7586292 Low voltage cutoff circuit for an electrochemical cell  
The present invention is an electrical circuit that disconnects an electrochemical cell from a load when the cell's voltage descends to a predetermined value. The present invention is also...
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,...
7576517 System and method for remote monitoring of battery condition  
A battery monitoring system may be configured to interface with a first battery monitoring unit and a second battery monitoring unit. The first battery monitoring unit may be configured to output...
7573242 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...
7573238 Voltage detection device and electric vehicle including voltage detection device  
A voltage detection device for accurately correcting detection errors with voltage greater than an internal reference voltage. The device includes a first switch group of switches for obtaining the...
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...
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...
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...
7554296 Method and apparatus for detecting charged state of secondary battery based on neural network calculation  
A neural network type of apparatus is provided to detect an internal state of a secondary battery implemented in a battery system. The apparatus comprises a detecting unit, producing unit and...
7554294 Battery health monitor  
A battery health monitor (BHM) that operates as a battery-mountable full-spectrum alternating current (ac) impedance meter that facilitates monitoring a state-of-charge and a state-of-health of a...
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...
7545121 Auxiliary vehicle power supply  
A multiple-battery charging system for enabling a vehicle with an internal-combustion engine or hybrid engine to be equipped with a plurality of electric storage batteries. The multiple-battery...
7545119 Sensor incorporated into energy storage device package  
A method of preventing an energy storage device failure in a power supply, includes a package deformation, indicating a gas buildup and a forthcoming failure in a package wall of the energy storage...
7545118 Charge system and charger for an electric apparatus and a control method thereof  
The present invention relates to a charge system comprising an electric apparatus that comprises a first rechargeable battery and an adapter for supplying power to the first rechargeable battery,...
7541777 Battery protection circuit  
A battery protection circuit includes an abnormal condition detection circuit having a resistor through which a current flows from a load in response to a current flowing in the load. The resistor...
7541776 Method and system for operating a portable electronic device in a power-limited manner  
Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one...
7541757 Motor vehicle  
A system and method for operating an electrical supply network are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment couples a vehicle to the supply network, receives a trigger to cause a partial discharge of an...
7538519 Information handling system with battery protected from non-permanent failures  
In a method and system for protecting a battery being charged by an electrical device, a current flowing through a cell stack of the battery is measured. If the measured current is greater than a...
7531989 Battery fuel gauge circuit  
The present invention is a battery fuel gauge circuit for measuring the capacity of a battery pack. The battery fuel gauge circuit includes an amplifier circuit, a correction circuit, a plurality...
7531988 Battery pack having a protection circuit  
A battery pack including at least a battery cell and a protection circuit for shutting off a overcurrent discharge, comprising a discharge control switch connected between a negative terminal of...
7525287 Battery pack for driving electric motor of compact engine starting device, engine starting device driven by the battery pack, and manual working machine having the engine starting device  
This invention provides a battery pack for driving a compact electric motor of a compact engine starting device mounted on a working machine, comprising lithium-based secondary battery comprising...
7525285 Method and system for cell equalization using state of charge  
The present invention relates to an implementation of a method for cell equalization. The present invention uses other information such as the individual cell state-of-charge (SOC) estimates, and...
7525284 Charging rate estimating method, charging rate estimating unit and battery system  
The method for calculating charged rate of a secondary battery is intended to calculate charged rate of a secondary battery which supplies electric power to loads, and comprises the step to measure...
7522942 On-vehicle radio communication apparatus  
In an on-vehicle radio communication apparatus, when the battery is in a voltage discharging state, every time a predetermined period pases, a current consumption value is updated for the radio...
7518341 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...
7508171 Protection methods, protection circuits and protective 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...
7508168 Electronic apparatus with remaining battery power indicating function  
An electronic apparatus has a multiplicity of display units including an electronic viewfinder and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The apparatus has various display modes. The remaining...
7508165 Cell voltage equalization apparatus for combined battery pack including circuit driven by power supplied by the combined battery pack  
In a combined battery pack of a plurality of battery cells, a comparison circuit compares a voltage appearing at a common connection point between two adjacent battery cells with a reference...
7508091 Vehicle battery protection device  
A battery protection device for preventing vehicle batteries from being drained to the point that the battery cannot start the vehicle includes an electrical meter that measures at least one...