Patents Examined by Jerry D Robbins
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Patent number: 10516285Abstract: Techniques for wireless charging in a system, method, and apparatus are described herein. An apparatus for charging at a wireless power receiver may include logic. The logic is configured to supply voltage received at the wireless power receiver at a first power level to a battery that is initially fully discharged, wherein the power of the first power level is received during a predefined interval of a fully discharged battery protocol. The logic is to monitor a second power level available at the battery, and initiate a wireless handshake with a wireless power transmitter inductively coupled to the wireless power receiver indicating configurations of the wireless power receiver upon detection of the second power level meeting or exceeding a predefined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Sagar C. Pawar, Prakash Pillai
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Patent number: 10505380Abstract: A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
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Patent number: 10497996Abstract: A liquid temperature controlling system is used to circulate a temperature controlled liquid between the liquid temperature controlling system and a battery to produce a temperature controlled battery. The battery and the liquid temperature controlling system are detachably coupled at least while the temperature controlled liquid is circulated. The temperature controlled liquid is removed from the temperature controlled battery. The battery and the liquid temperature controlling system are decoupled after the temperature controlled liquid is removed. A charger is used to charge the temperature controlled battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: CORA AERO LLCInventors: Thomas P. Muniz, John Melack
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Patent number: 10491009Abstract: This invention relates to a portable case including a processor configured to control the portable case; a charging port; at least one output port; an adjustable energy storage system further including a battery printed circuit board (BPCB) including a plurality of battery packs connectors; and a central battery management microprocessor (CBMM); and a plurality of battery packs configured to be connected to the plurality of battery packs connectors and to provide power to electronic appliance connected to the at least one output port; a user interface configured to enable powering and monitoring of the portable case; and a recharging element, carryable by the portable case, the recharging element configured to be connected to the charging port and recharge at least one of the plurality of battery packs.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Kalisaya Ltd.Inventors: Yaron Gissin, David Ben-Natan, Omer Har-Paz, Eyal Eliav, Michal Barzilay-Gissin
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Patent number: 10486538Abstract: An electromagnetic field controlling system and method are provided. The electromagnetic field controlling system includes a magnetic field sensor that is disposed proximate to or in a vehicle that charges electric power using a wireless charging system and is configured to detect the magnitude of an electromagnetic field. An output controller adjusts output power in a power transmission side of the wireless charging system based on a comparison between a predetermined value for an electromagnetic field and the magnitude of the electromagnetic field detected by the magnetic field sensor. Accordingly, the magnitude of an electromagnetic field output from a vehicle wireless charging system is controlled within a safe range.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Allan Lewis
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Patent number: 10483785Abstract: There is provided a power information management device communicable with at least one another device and being able to perform one of mutual power supply and unidirectional power supply, comprising: a requesting unit configured to send a request for information concerning electric power to the at least one another device; a receiving unit configured to receive the power information from the at least one another device which has received the request; and a generating unit configured to generate power information concerning electric power of a plurality of devices including the power information management device and the at least one another device based on the information received from the at least one another device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Yoshitaka Kimura
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Patent number: 10476291Abstract: Provided is a wearable device having a flexible battery, and the wearable device includes: a functional unit; a band unit that fixes the functional unit to a wrist of a user; and a thin plate flexible battery that is embedded in the band unit and supplies power to the functional unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Yun Rho, Won Gil Choi, Ji Hyun Nam
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Patent number: 10468895Abstract: Provided herein is a charger with improved radiation function capable of lowering its surface temperature to prevent the surface temperature from increasing excessively, the charger according to one aspect of the present disclosure including a printed circuit board on which circuit elements are mounted; an inner case formed in a hollow case shape of which both surfaces are open, and where the printed circuit board is arranged inside; a radiation member formed to cover an outer surface of the inner case to release heat generated in the circuit elements of the printed circuit board; an outer case formed to encompass the radiation member and provided with one open surface; a cover assembled in the outer case and configured to close the one open surface of the outer case; and a terminal coupled to one surface of the outer case, and configured to enable electricity to be supplied to the charger when inserted into a consent.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SOLUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-seung Noh, Hyun-su Kim, Soon-joung Yio, Young-joo Kim, Jun-kyu Lee
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Patent number: 10461550Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fast charging method, a power adapter, and a mobile terminal. The method includes: transmitting, by the power adapter, a clock signal to the mobile terminal via a first data line of a USB interface in a process of coupling the power adapter with the mobile terminal, where the clock signal is configured for indicating a communication sequence between the power adapter and the mobile terminal; conducting, by the power adapter, a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal via a second data line of the USB interface under control of the communication sequence, so as to determine to charge the mobile terminal in a fast charging mode; and adjusting, by the power adapter, a charging current to be a charging current of the fast charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.Inventor: Yuanqing Zeng
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Patent number: 10434890Abstract: A controller performs first control to fourth control whenever the voltage of a cell reaches a specified voltage during discharging. The first control is to stop the discharging. The second control is to close a relay connected, in parallel, to a cell having a voltage having reached the specified voltage. The third control is to measure AC impedance in a state in which relays connected, in parallel, to respective corresponding cells having voltages having reached the specified voltage are all closed. The fourth control is to resume discharging cells having voltages higher than the specified voltage. The controller diagnoses whether the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is abnormal, by comparing (i) AC impedance when the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is included with (ii) AC impedance when the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is excluded.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masatoshi Uchida
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Patent number: 10439417Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery configured to be charged or discharged; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery; a heater configured to warm the battery; a charger configured to supply electric power from an external power supply to the battery and the heater; a relay provided in a passage through which the electric power from the charger is supplied to the battery; and a controller configured to control operations of the charger and the relay. The controller is configured to supply predetermined electric power from the charger to the heater and turn off the relay so as not to supply the electric power from the charger to the battery in a case where an SOC of the battery is equal to or more than a threshold and the temperature of the battery is lower than a predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Murata
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Patent number: 10427536Abstract: A method estimates a duration of a battery performance rehabilitation phase. The method includes activating the battery performance rehabilitation phase when a power available in a battery is below a required minimum power level. The method also includes supplying a model of operation of the battery including, in a plane (BSOC, T) where BSOC denotes a state of charge of the battery and where T denotes a battery temperature, an isopower curve representing operating points of the battery enabling the battery to substantially deliver the required minimum power level, the curve separating operating points making it possible to deliver a power level above the required minimum power level from operating points enabling the battery to deliver only a power level below the required minimum power level. The method also includes estimating the duration of the battery performance rehabilitation phase from the model of operation supplied.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Antoine Saint-Marcoux, Manoela Ferreira-De-Araujo
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Patent number: 10427534Abstract: An infrared automobile charging system includes: a photovoltaic battery panel installed at a bottom of a vehicle; a camera module; a first actuating device connected with the camera module; an infrared light source; a second actuating device connected with the infrared light source; and a controller being connected with the camera module, the first actuating device, the infrared light source and the second actuating device. The controller is configured to control the first actuating device to rotate, and through the first actuating device control the camera module to capture a preset pattern disposed at the bottom of the vehicle. After the camera module has captured the preset pattern disposed at the bottom of the vehicle, the controller is configured to control the second actuating device to rotate accordingly so that the infrared light source projects infrared light to the photovoltaic battery panel and thereby charge the photovoltaic battery panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN DANSHA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Qing Shuang Chen
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Patent number: 10432037Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device including a charging circuit is provided. The method includes receiving power wirelessly from a power transmitting device; rectifying the received power; based on a voltage of the rectified power being greater than or equal to an allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to convert the rectified power through a converting circuit of the electronic device and to output the converted power to the charging circuit for charging a battery of the electronic device, wherein the allowable voltage relates to a maximum voltage or a preferable voltage to be applied to the charging circuit; and based on the voltage of the rectified power being less than the allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to stop converting the rectified power and to output the rectified power to the charging circuit by connecting the rectifying circuit to the charging circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee
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Patent number: 10421369Abstract: A charge control apparatus includes a control device configured to execute a refresh charge to fully charge a battery upon a predetermined refresh charge start condition being met, and execute a predetermined control according to a vehicle travel state under a situation where the control device does not execute the refresh charge, the predetermined control involving at least one of charging and discharging the battery. The control device suppresses the refresh charge when the control device detects at least one of a predetermined input from an external device and a predetermined vehicle operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Nobukazu Ueki
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Patent number: 10424915Abstract: Secondary battery protection circuits for protecting a battery from charging and/or discharging faults are provided. A secondary battery protection circuit may include a first terminal and a second terminal, a transistor electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, a fuse electrically coupled to the gate of the transistor, and a fuse control circuit configured to cause current sufficient to open the fuse to pass through the fuse in the event of a fault condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Sam S. Kang, John M. Jorgensen, Bharat Shenoy, Kunghao Yu
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Water cooled battery system with improved safety with respect to AC voltage insulation vulnerability
Patent number: 10414284Abstract: A battery system includes a battery module; a cooling channel disposed adjacent to the battery module; a ground wire configured to electrically connect the cooling channel and a vehicle body; and a leakage current blocking device configured to interrupt an electrical connection of the cooling channel and the vehicle body when a leakage current occurs in the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hui Tae Yang, Jin Won Kim -
Patent number: 10418826Abstract: A battery device having a chargeable and dischargeable battery; a detection unit that detects a state of the battery; and a control unit. The control unit calculates a value of a maximum charging current that can be supplied to the battery during charging of the battery on the basis of the state of the battery detected by the detection unit, and notifies a result of such calculation to a charging device.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Katayama, Masafumi Noda, Tadahiko Kobayakawa
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Patent number: 10404081Abstract: A battery state detector includes a main unit configured to detect a state of one battery assembly in a battery pack storing therein a plurality of battery assemblies each including a plurality of battery cells arranged in rows, a subunit configured to detect a state of a battery assembly in the battery pack other than the battery assembly that is a detection target of the main unit, and a first communication line that connects the main unit with the subunit. The main unit is connected to a controller configured to control the battery pack via a second communication line that is separate from the first communication line.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa, Takao Shoji, Shinichi Yanagihara
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Patent number: 10392103Abstract: A detachable power transfer device for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a docking station integrated into the rotary-wing aircraft. A power pod of the detachable power transfer device is constructed and arranged to detachably connect to the docking station for transferring power to the rotary-wing aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick L. Bourne, Peter James Waltner, Simon Gharibian