Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – One cell or battery charges another – Vehicle battery charging
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-09
2010-11-23
Tso, Edward (Department: 2858)
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
One cell or battery charges another
Vehicle battery charging
C320S103000, C320S126000, C307S010700
Reexamination Certificate
active
07839117
ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling a multiple battery system in a vehicle electrical system is provided. The method steps include polling an at least one sensor in the multiple battery system monitoring the multiple battery system for an at least one reading and detecting an abnormal reading from said at least one sensor. And then communicating the results of said detection step to an operator or a Network Operations Center switching, upon a command from the operator, the Network Operations Center or a controller switching an at least one switch from a first of an at least two operating positions engaging a main battery to a second of an at least two operating positions engaging an at least one auxiliary battery. The system then confirms the operation of the vehicle electrical system and engages either the main battery or the auxiliary battery, but not both, to operate the vehicle electrical system.
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Bruno Frank
Elder David
Muralidar Richard V
Reserve Power Cell, LLC
Tangent Law Group, PLLC
Tso Edward
Weierstall, Esq. Eric J.
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