Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell discharging – With charging
Patent
1998-01-26
2000-10-24
Wong, Peter S.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell discharging
With charging
320131, 320150, H02J 700
Patent
active
061372617
ABSTRACT:
A battery maintenance and testing system (22) that includes a battery support system (2) that tests, conditions, and charges rechargeable battery packs. The battery support system (22) accommodates a dumb battery (32) that do not have any internal logic by running a default maintenance routine, as well as a smart battery (24, 24') that has internal logic that monitors its condition, keeps track of the time and number of charge discharge cycles the battery has experienced since it was last conditioned, logs any errors that would necessitate the battery being discarded, and stores information relevant to its maintenance and testing. The battery maintenance and testing system (22) is able to communicate with a smart battery (24, 24') to automatically to retrieve this information and use it to condition, test, and charge the battery to optimal condition or to indicate to the user that the battery is defective and needs to be discarded. A user display and interface (43) is also provided on the battery support system that allows the user to manually charge, condition, or test a rechargeable battery pack.
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Firman Stephen L.
Gustavson Douglas M.
Johnson Stephen B.
Kurle Wayne D.
Nordness Rockland W.
Physio-Control Manufacturing Corporation
Toatley , Jr. Gregory J.
Wong Peter S.
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