Battery-powered equipment automatically detecting battery types

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1998-01-06

1998-12-15

Tso, Edward

Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging

Means to identify cell or battery type

H01M 1046

Patent

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058501347

ABSTRACT:
Battery-powered equipment for detecting the type of battery installed therein, includes a plurality of types of batteries which can be installed in the battery-powered equipment. Each of the batteries has a positive power terminal, a negative power terminal, and first to third detection terminals. The battery-powered equipment includes a battery type detector for detecting the type of an installed battery according to terminal voltages on the first to third detection terminals of the installed battery. The equipment further includes a battery charger for controlling the charging and discharging of the installed battery on the basis of the detected battery type.

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