Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Serially connected batteries or cells – With discharge of cells or batteries
Patent
1990-01-11
1991-10-15
Stephan, Steven L.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Serially connected batteries or cells
With discharge of cells or batteries
320 15, H02J 702
Patent
active
050577611
ABSTRACT:
A battery charger for charging secondary drycell type batteries having a compartment portion with positions for installing secondary drycell batteries to be charged, the drycell batteries having cylindrical bodies with terminals at both ends, the terminal at one end being centrally located, the compartment including an elongated channel having opposite ends, a contact at one end of the channel for engagement by the central terminal on batteries positioned therein and a spring biased plate member in the channel for engaging the terminal at the opposite end of the channel urging the centrally located terminal into engagement with the contact, the contact having an opening therethrough aligned with the centrally located battery terminal, and a switch with a switch actuating member positioned adjacent to the contact on one side of the opening, batteries having centrally located terminals that are small enough to move through the opening in the contact moving against and actuating the switch actuator member to actuate the switch. The subject battery charger may also include contact member located in one portion of the channel for engaging the outer surface of a certain batteries positioned therein at an intermediate location for the purpose of determining continuity and reading a battery voltage to determine if the battery should be fast or slow charged or not charged.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3579075 (1971-05-01), Floyd
patent: 4268243 (1986-12-01), Hodgman et al.
patent: 4303876 (1981-12-01), Kelly, III et al.
patent: 4403182 (1983-09-01), Yeh
patent: 4549127 (1985-10-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 4691157 (1987-09-01), McDermott
patent: 4766361 (1988-08-01), Pusateri
patent: 4816735 (1989-03-01), Cook et al.
Eveready Battery Company Inc.
Peckman Kristine
Stephan Steven L.
Welsh Robert W.
LandOfFree
Means for distinguishing between batteries capable of being fast does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Means for distinguishing between batteries capable of being fast, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Means for distinguishing between batteries capable of being fast will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-993257