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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...
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 ...
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...
7583053 Battery pack controller with specific battery voltage detection  
The invention provides a specific battery detection means that specifies single batteries believed to be in an excess discharge state during operation of the electric motor for starting the engine,...
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,...
7573241 Vehicle having a battery with multiple cells and method for operating such a battery  
A method for operating a battery having a plurality of battery cells includes determining when certain end of life criteria for the battery are met. A counter is incremented when the certain end of...
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...
7570023 Method of charging batteries  
In a method of charging batteries, a microcontroller and a series divider resistor are used to control the level of a charge current source supplied from a power supply, so that a plurality of...
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...
7557585 Abnormal voltage detection apparatus for detecting voltage abnormality in assembled battery  
An abnormal voltage detection apparatus is provided for an assembled battery including a plurality of battery blocks connected in series to each other. In the abnormal voltage detection apparatus,...
7550975 Portable information terminal apparatus and voltage measurement apparatus  
The measurement unit measures a voltage by converting it from analog to digital and outputs a measurement value. The changeover unit, being connected to a battery and a reference voltage source...
7542858 Simulated battery logic testing device  
A simulated battery test device and method that is capable of testing a battery charging circuit and logic circuit to determine proper operation. An operational amplifier is used that can both...
7531990 Voltage detector for an assembled battery  
An apparatus and method for detecting total voltage of an assembled battery including a number of serially-connected electric cells. Voltages of the respective cells are detected and added up,...
7529068 Protective circuit for a frequency converter  
The voltage of the intermediate circuit of a frequency converter is monitored, while the intermediate circuit is charged via charging resistors. When the voltage has not reached at least a...
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...
7492160 Device and method for measuring individual cell voltages in a cell stack of an energy accumulator  
A device and method enable measuring individual cell voltages of cells in a cell stack of an energy accumulator. To this end, a series circuit formed of two diodes is connected in parallel to each...
7486079 Available input-output power estimating device for secondary battery  
An available input-output power estimating device for a secondary battery includes a parameter estimating section substituting a measured current value I and a measured voltage value V into an...
7486036 Power control apparatus, electrically powered vehicle and power control method of power system  
When surplus power not charged to an electric storage is generated at the time of regenerative braking of a vehicle, a voltage is generated across first and second neutral points using a...
7474228 Battery monitor  
An apparatus and method for monitoring at least one battery condition. An ac signal is applied to a battery. A difference between a signal output from the battery and a threshold determines a...
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...
7466137 Apparatus and method for measuring voltage of the fuel cell stack using a capacitor  
An apparatus for measuring voltage is provided which measures output voltage between at least one pair of detecting terminals provided on an object under measurement. The apparatus for measuring...
7456613 Battery remaining capacity calculating method, battery remaining capacity calculating device, and battery remaining capacity calculating program  
A battery remaining capacity calculating method, a battery remaining capacity calculating device, and a battery remaining capacity calculating program that make it possible to estimate the...
7439706 Battery determination system for battery-powered devices  
This system provides a method for determining whether ordinary battery cells, a battery pack, and/or a charger unit are attached to a portable electronic device. The system provides a center...
7437647 Mode entry circuit and method  
An apparatus and method for generating an active mode activation signal in response to an input signal having a voltage exceeding the greater of two reference voltages by a voltage margin.
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...
7423408 Monitoring device and method for determining at least one characteristic variable for the state of a battery  
A method for determining at least one characteristic variable for the state of a battery includes: (a) determining the charge throughput of the battery per time step; having, (b) determining a...
7421603 Method for monitoring the operating readiness of at least one memory element assigned to an electronic unit  
A method for monitoring the operating readiness of memory elements which are assigned to an electronic unit, an engine control unit for example. Furthermore, an electronic unit for executing the...
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...
7417438 Battery voltage measurement apparatus  
A voltage measurement circuit includes a plurality of voltage input terminals that are supplied with voltage outputted by secondary batteries via voltage measurement lines, a plurality of voltage...
7417437 Vehicle battery testing assembly  
A portable assembly includes a multi-level housing having a vertically oriented back wall and an elongated rectilinear axle conjoined thereto. The housing further includes an elongated handle...
7411400 Method for testing battery condition  
According to this invention a battery testing device is provided. Such device activates a shortening between the battery poles using a predefined electronic circuit (in order to maximize the...
7358704 Critical state estimation system and method for secondary cells  
For estimation of a critical state of a performance under a working condition of a secondary cell, in consideration of an internal resistance of the cell, a variable data provider provides variable...
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...
7332913 Method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells a test instrument is connected  
A method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells between a pair of busses a test instrument is connected. Knowing the average voltage of the battery cells...
7304584 Wireless input device with low voltage mandatory alert function  
The present invention relates to a wireless input device with a low voltage mandatory alert function, including: a battery for supplying power for the wireless input device; a microcontroller for...
7253631 Method of determining the impedance of an electrochemical system  
The invention relates to a method of determining the complex impedance Z(f m ) of a non-steady electrochemical system, comprising the following steps consisting in: bringing the system to a...
7239147 Method and device for inspecting secondary battery precursor and method for manufacturing secondary battery using the inspection method  
A method for testing a precursor of a secondary cell with high reliability and high efficiency to judge the precursor to be acceptable or defective. The current flowing when a test voltage is...
7236893 Arrangement for voltage supply to several users and controllers for a on-board network comprising at least two energy stores  
An arrangement for supplying voltage to a number of loads for example, in a vehicle includes a vehicle power supply system ( 6 ) which has at least two energy stores. A first energy store is...
7236346 Semiconductor apparatus and method of charging desired number of capacitors  
A capacitor charging semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of serially connected capacitors to be charged. A direct current source is applied to the plurality of capacitors. A plurality of...
7202632 Battery management apparatus  
When impedance calculating conditions are satisfied after a system is started, the impedance of a battery is calculated using the current of the battery, a time variation in open circuit voltage...
7199537 Voltage converter control apparatus, and method  
By using a target voltage Vc* of a capacitor connected to the output side of a DC/DC converter and a voltage Vb of a battery connected to the input side of the DC/DC converter, a duty ratio D as a...
7194308 System and method for monitoring or reporting battery status of implantable medical device  
A system and method monitors or reports the battery status of an implantable medical device to a user. The battery terminal voltage and charge delivered are measured. Before the battery terminal...
7173429 Activity-based battery monitor with a universal current measuring apparatus  
A battery monitoring apparatus that obtains a current measurement for a current in a conductive element. The battery monitoring apparatus includes conductive lines configured to couple to a...
7173397 Battery system, battery monitoring method and apparatus  
A battery performance monitoring system anticipates the sudden fall of battery output. The system measures the battery voltage at a time point when the discharge current of a battery becomes...
7148808 System for battery alarm notification and a method for implementing same  
In an embodiment of the present invention, a clamp-on sensor is coupled at a single point of a battery string in an un-interruptible power supply. In embodiments of the present invention, the...
7098666 Method and system for battery state of charge estimation by using measured changes in voltage  
A method ( 20 or 30 ) and system ( 40 ) for estimating a battery state of charge can include a memory ( 48 ) for storing at least one among an impedance value, a plurality of values for V drop 0...
7095237 Method of grouping single cells of power sources to build optimal packs using parameters obtained by analysis of impedance spectrum  
A method for selecting unit cells to make an optimal battery pack improves the performance of the battery pack with primary or secondary batteries connected to one another in series, in parallel,...
7095211 Battery gas gauge  
Full capacity determination in a battery gas gauge. Operations include measuring instantaneous open circuit voltage levels during an open circuit time interval for a specific battery cell and...
7078908 Voltage detecting apparatus applicable to a combination battery  
A voltage detecting apparatus for a combination battery includes a multiplexer type flying capacitor voltage detecting circuit, a synchronous control type A/D converter, and a battery controller....
7071698 Power supply apparatus for detecting battery voltage and the portions of faults  
A power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a battery and a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of the battery. The voltage detection circuit includes a...
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