Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging
Patent
1998-11-19
2000-11-28
Wong, Peter S.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
320139, H02J 700, H02J 704
Patent
active
061540102
ABSTRACT:
The present invention charges rechargeable alkaline batteries installed in a mobile computer. According to the invention, a mobile computer holds one or more rechargeable alkaline batteries. These batteries are charged when the mobile computer is placed in a specially designed device that is attached to an external power supply and attachable to a second computer for communicating with said second computer. Charging circuitry regulates the charging of the rechargeable alkaline batteries held by the mobile computer or a selector manually manipulable by a user could choose the recharging mode.
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