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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...
7612538 Method for estimating SOC of a battery and battery management system using the same  
Disclosed is a method for setting an initial SOC value, which initializes the SOC in consideration of not only the temperature change of the external environment of the battery but also the...
7605591 State of health recognition of secondary batteries  
An invention is provided for determining a state of health of a battery. The invention includes applying a predefined load profile to a battery, and obtaining a plurality of battery response...
7595643 Apparatus and method for simulating a battery tester with a fixed resistance load  
A method and apparatus for simulating a battery tester with a fixed resistance load, such as a widely used Japanese load tester that rates the strength of Japanese batteries that are categorized...
7589534 Method and apparatus for detecting cell voltage of battery pack  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting a cell voltage of a battery pack. The method comprises the steps of storing an impedance of the conductive wire from a part connected to a voltage...
7589532 System and method for estimating a state vector associated with a battery  
A system and a method for estimating a state vector associated with a battery are provided. The method includes determining a time interval that the battery has been electrically decoupled from a...
7586311 Apparatus and method for monitoring load driving circuit for abnormality  
An ECU executes a program including the steps of: when a DC/DC converter is boosting the voltage, calculating a VB estimate value, and if a state, where an absolute value of a difference between...
7576545 Lithium-ion battery prognostic testing and process  
In accordance with various embodiments, there are systems and methods for predicting end of life of a Li-ion battery. The method can include at least one of partially charging and partially...
7567085 Diagnosis for expected life of emergency power apparatus  
An emergency power diagnosis system measures the exact value of impedance voltage (Vis) from an AC actual waveform (V SM ) includes circuits and software operable to measure the effective...
7557584 Method and device for estimating charge/discharge electricity amount of secondary cell  
The present invention provides an apparatus that can estimate the charge/discharge electricity amount without being affected by current measurement error. If specific selection conditions are met,...
7554297 Automotive battery state monitor apparatus  
A voltage control apparatus checks a battery voltage when an automotive generator gradually increases its output to be within a predetermined range after temporarily stopping the generator. Then,...
7505856 Battery test module  
A storage battery includes a battery housing and a plurality of electrochemical cells in the battery housing electrically connected to terminals of the battery. A battery test module is mounted to...
7504830 Dual load tester  
The apparatus relates to a dual load tester that is hand held and highly portable. The dual load tester includes two resistive loads, and the two resistive loads may be used in series or one of the...
7474103 Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus  
At least one of continuous disconnection, intermittent disconnection, and temporary disconnection, of wireless communication between the input device and the game apparatus is detected. Remaining...
7466138 Method of structuring comparative reference value used in battery SOC estimating method for dynamic pattern  
Disclosed is a method for structuring a comparative reference value used to estimate a residual charge (SOC; State of Charge) of a battery. The method comprises comprising steps of: measuring open...
7432719 Abnormality monitoring apparatus in load drive circuit  
An ECU performs a program. In the program, in the case where a converter is performing an operation for increasing a voltage (i.e., YES in step S 102 ), when a difference between an estimated...
7420374 Battery with remaining electrical power display function and method of the same  
This invention provides an electronic device that has a battery with a power storage unit and a display module, a power detector and a display control module. The power storage unit is for storing...
7405579 Voltage detector and insulator interface  
The present invention is to provide a voltage detector having a common communication line for reducing a manufacturing cost. A low voltage line CPU transmits a detection instruction including an...
7400149 Method for assessment of the state of batteries in battery-supported power supply systems  
After disconnection from the power supply system, a discharge characteristic of the no-load voltage is recorded automatically by means of a control unit across a discharge resistance during a...
7352156 State-of-charge estimating device of secondary battery  
A state-of-charge (SOC) estimating device and method for a secondary battery that estimates the SOC of the battery with high precision when variation takes place in the parameters of the battery...
7235977 Handheld tester for starting/charging systems  
The hand-held portable tester provides an improved system and method for testing storage batteries, vehicle starting systems and vehicle charging systems. The system and method more accurately...
7218118 Method for monitoring a condition of a battery  
A method for monitoring the condition of a battery of a marine propulsion system provides the measuring of a voltage characteristic of the battery, comparing the voltage characteristic to a...
7205746 Battery cover assembly having integrated battery condition monitoring  
A battery cover assembly having integrated battery condition monitoring for measuring electrical current passing to and from a battery post, including an electrically conductive collar for...
7164272 Modular unit connectable to the battery of a vehicle for monitoring its condition and protecting the electrical system of said vehicle  
Modular unit connectable to a battery for monitoring its condition and protecting, including a housing which is directly connectable to the B battery posts of by means of receptor terminals clamped...
7132833 System for detecting defective battery packs  
An electrical cabinet for an uninterruptibe power supply (UPS) system includes universal slots that can receive power modules, battery packs, or chargers. The back plane of the slot has connector...
7107161 Method and system for accurately reporting battery capacity  
A method and a system for accurately reporting battery capacity that do not rely on a coulomb counter are disclosed herein. The method comprises the steps of determining if the battery is in a...
RE39212 Abnormality detection apparatus for power supply circuit  
An abnormality detection apparatus for a power supply circuit associated with an internal combustion engine detects an abnormality that may occur in a power supply circuit, and controls the...
7078907 Battery capacity calculating method, battery capacity calculating apparatus and battery capacity calculating program  
A battery calculating method, apparatus, and program are provided. The battery capacity calculating method and apparatus can very accurately calculate a residual capacity of a secondary battery...
7078878 Method for determining a steady state battery terminal voltage  
A method for determining a steady state battery terminal voltage is provided. An equivalent charge (or discharge) resistance is determined based on predetermined equivalent charge (or discharge)...
7062661 Method for controlling a power supply in an external terminal connection of a personal data assistant  
A power management method for a PDA (personal digital assistant) which can be connected with an external communication terminal is described. Upon detecting power-on of the external communication...
7015699 Standby electric supply and a method for controlling the operation of a standby electric supply  
The standby electric supply comprises an accumulator which comprises multiple interconnected blocks, a switching portion that conditionally connects the accumulator to a load or to a charging...
7009401 Battery apparatus and method for monitoring battery state of a secondary battery  
Motor generator (MG) is controlled via motor controller by MG control processor of CPU, so that voltage and current of battery is detected while changing frequency of state detection current...
6888355 Electronic apparatus having battery power source and control method for the electronic apparatus  
A voltage and internal resistance of a battery are measured in advance as its capacity decreases. In a flash memory of a device powered by the battery, voltages necessary to drive a motor, an EL...
6850038 Method of estimating state of charge and open circuit voltage of battery, and method and device for computing degradation degree of battery  
A method of estimating a state of charge of a battery, a method of estimating an open circuit voltage of a battery, and a method and device for computing a degradation degree of a battery are...
6791332 Alternator testing device and method  
An alternator testing system is disclosed that includes a current source, a motor, and a drive belt. The drive belt couples the motor to an alternator, which operates outside of a motor vehicle,...
6777914 Method for determining the state of charge of rechargeable batteries by integration of the amounts of current flowing during charging and discharging  
In a method for determining the state of charge of rechargeable batteries by integration of the amounts of current flowing during charging and discharging, a first state of charge value LZ A is...
6774636 Method and apparatus for determining the state of charge of a lithium-ion battery  
Computer-assisted methods for determining the state of charge of a specific lithium ion battery, without the need for charging and discharging the battery, by utilizing look-up tables or algorithms...
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...
6677758 Multiplex voltage measurement apparatus  
A multiplex voltage measurement apparatus includes: (N+1) voltage detection terminals connected to N serially connected voltage sources; a capacitor which is charged with a voltage value of any of...
6664791 Alternator tester with improved heat dissipation  
An alternator tester having improved heat dissipation. The alternator tester has a housing and a circuit board including tester circuits. The housing has a size suitable to be held in one's hand....
6653843 Battery acid level alarm  
An apparatus for detecting a reduction of a level of electrolyte in a wet cell battery includes an electrically conductive sensing rod in contact with an electrolyte in a battery cell, a voltage...
6628120 Voltage measuring circuit and voltage supply circuit of an integrated fuel cell system  
In a voltage measuring circuit for a composite fuel cell system, the potential of at least one point of the composite fuel cell system is detected by tapping the potential of such point, and...
6605946 Abnormality detection apparatus for power supply circuit  
An abnormality detection apparatus for a power supply circuit associated with an internal combustion engine detects an abnormality that may occur in a power supply circuit, and controls the...
6577135 Battery pack with monitoring function utilizing association with a battery charging system  
A battery detect circuit ( 32 ) is provided that is operable to dispose a sense resistor ( 50 ) in series with the battery to determine whether the charge is being provided to the battery or being...
6538449 Battery life estimation  
Battery life estimation can be performed by using an algorithm and parameter values for the algorithm, scaled according to the type, e.g. capacity and chemistry, of the battery actually being used....
6531875 Vehicle battery's open circuit voltage estimating method and a system therefor  
A vehicle battery's open circuit voltage estimating method and a system therefor for relatively correctly estimating an open circuit voltage of a battery on a vehicle within a relatively short...
6472875 Method for detecting a motor vehicle battery failure  
A process for the detection of a defect of an automotive vehicle battery includes analyzing the time dependence of the discharge voltage across the terminals of the battery. This process has the...
6469512 System and method for determining battery state-of-health  
A system and method for accurate and in real time determination of factors relating to the state of health of a storage battery. The system measures the values of battery temperature, voltage and...
6466025 Alternator tester  
The present invention provides a straightforward diagnostic system and testing procedure that gives relevant data on the performance of the charging system in a battery-based electrical system. The...
6392413 Short circuit inspection method for battery and method of manufacturing batteries  
In a method of inspecting batteries for short circuit failures, an electrode plate group 1 composed of positive and negative electrode plates 2, 3 with intervening separators 4 interposed...
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