Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell discharging – With charging
Patent
1998-10-21
2000-04-18
Berhane, Adolf Deneke
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell discharging
With charging
320107, 320112, 324427, 340636, H02N 700, G01N 27416, G08B 2100
Patent
active
060519576
ABSTRACT:
A battery pack for a portable electronic device includes a case for carrying a battery. The case supports a charge sensing circuit carried by the case, the charge sensing circuit producing a discharge signal corresponding to a measurement of an amount of charge removed from a battery. The case also supports a processor responsive to the discharge signal from the charge sensor circuit to produce a signal corresponding to an amount of time prior to discharge of the battery based on a current rate of discharge and a display responsive to the signal to display a time period corresponding to the amount of time to discharge the battery based upon the current rate of discharge of the battery.
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Berhane Adolf Deneke
Duracell Inc.
Toatley, Jr. Gregory N.
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