Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-14
2006-03-14
Sherry, Michael (Department: 2838)
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
C320S139000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07012405
ABSTRACT:
A charging circuit for a secondary battery includes a constant-voltage circuit part outputting one of a plurality of predetermined constant voltages and charges the secondary battery by applying the constant voltage thereto, a detection circuit part detecting a battery voltage of the secondary battery, and a control circuit part controlling the selection of the constant-voltage in response to the detected battery voltage. Another charging circuit includes a constant-current circuit part outputting, to the secondary battery, one of two predetermined constant currents, a constant-voltage circuit part charging the secondary battery by applying a predetermined constant voltage thereto, a battery voltage detection circuit part detecting a battery voltage of the secondary battery, a charge current detection circuit part outputting a predetermined charge completion signal, and a charge control circuit part stopping operations of the constant-current circuit part and constant-voltage circuit part when receiving the charge completion signal.
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Manabe Shinya
Nishida Junji
Berhanu Samuel
Dickstein , Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Sherry Michael
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