Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Serially connected batteries or cells – With discharge of cells or batteries
Patent
1995-02-16
1997-06-03
Tso, Edward
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Serially connected batteries or cells
With discharge of cells or batteries
320 49, D13103, 429100, 429149, H01M 1046
Patent
active
056358148
ABSTRACT:
A modular battery system for a portable device including a charging module with a retractable plug and charging circuit for converting an AC line voltage to a DC battery charging current. The charging module combines with a battery module and optional fuel gauge (if present) to form a single unit for recharging, preconditioning the battery, and connection to the portable device. The modules are releasably connected, preferably involving conductive fasteners, so that a user may connect a new battery module to an old charging module. The releasable connection serves as both the mechanical and the electrical interface between the battery module and the charging module. The conductive fasteners may be located in different positions on the modules to accommodate different connector geometries. The charging module may also combine with a battery mounting module, rather than the battery module, so that the system works with conventional battery packs. The preferred charging module incorporates a PWM charging circuit having a transformer with a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a control winding. The control winding has two purposes, it provides feedback information and it provides operating current for the continued operation of the PWM charging circuit. The transformer is designed so that the primary winding has a better magnetic coupling with the secondary winding than with the control winding so that the charging circuit will run in a safe low-power "standby" mode in the event of a short circuit in the secondary circuit. The feedback circuit from the control winding is preferably filtered through a low-pass filter to remove "flyback" transients.
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Afzal Ejaz
Bylund Bradley E.
Frank, Jr. Charles W.
Pontius Darrel W.
International Components Corporation
Tso Edward
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