Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Serially connected batteries or cells – With discharge of cells or batteries
Patent
1996-07-19
1998-03-03
Wong, Peter S.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Serially connected batteries or cells
With discharge of cells or batteries
320 32, 320 35, 320 39, 320 48, H01M 1046, H01M 1048, H02J 704
Patent
active
057239711
ABSTRACT:
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 charge and finds a minimum value thereof to estimate the amount of capacity of the battery consumed before charge for determining the charge time required for charging the battery fully based on the estimate of the amount of capacity and the temperature of the battery.
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patent: 5561362 (1996-10-01), Kawamura et al.
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Asa Hironori
Inagaki Mitsuo
Kawai Toshiyuki
Onimaru Sadahisa
Sakai Shoji
Law Patrick B.
Nippon Soken Inc.
Wong Peter S.
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