Tracking battery conditions

T Young, J Yeschick, T Havens, DH Cudzilo - US Patent 10,401,436, 2019 - Google Patents
A method is described for managing an operating state of a battery energizing a mobile
device. Active elements of a “gas gauge” IC component of the mobile device are configured …

Power supply system and vehicle with the system

K Kaita, J Izumi - US Patent 8,395,355, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A vehicle includes a charging unit receiving electric power from an external
power source and externally charging a power storage unit. When a connector unit is …

Safety features for use in medical devices

A Almendinger, GP Spar, KJ Weijand, R Maas… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A therapy system for applying an electrical signal to an internal anatomical feature of a
patient includes an implantable component and an external component. The medical device …

Methods for determining and controlling battery expansion

DW Jarvis, DM DeMuro, H Dai, J Malinski… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for detecting and compensating for expansion of rechargeable
batteries over time. An expansion detector may be coupled to or positioned proximate a …

Electronic circuit for charging and heating a battery

K Lakirovich, B Walach - US Patent 8,452,490, 2013 - Google Patents
An electronic circuit configured to operate in any of a plural ity of charging and heating
modes for two batteries, a primary battery and a secondary battery. The electronic circuit …

Managing recharge power for implantable medical devices

VR Gaddam, RK Bornhoft, DP Olson… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Devices, systems, and techniques for estimating energy transfer to tissue of a patient during
battery charging for an implantable medical device are disclosed. Implantable medi cal …

Methods and systems for rapid wireless charging where the low state of charge (SOC) temperature dependent charging current and low SOC temperature limit are …

JN Howard, MG Hanley - US Patent 9,356,461, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for wireless charging are provided. A control circuit
charges one or more cells in a secondary wire less charging circuit that receives power …

System and method for fast charging of lithium-ion batteries with improved safety

N Chaturvedi, R Klein, JF Christensen… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, an electrochemical battery system per forms optimized charging of a
battery. The electrochemical battery system includes at least one electrochemical cell, a …

Apparatus, system and method for charge balancing of individual batteries in a string of batteries using battery voltage and temperature, and detecting and preventing …

SD Cotton, B Hanking, C Snetsinger… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for load balancing a
string of jars. The temperature and voltage of each jar is measured and a target voltage for …

Reduced-power transmitting from a communications device

DE Thorson, SR Hauswirth, EL Krenz… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Aspects of the present disclosure teach decreasing, in a time-averaged regime, the amount
of RF energy emitted by a communications device. Generally speaking, the network tells the …