Abstract: An intermittent pulse generator 1 is provided between terminals Ti1 and Ti2. In the intermittent pulse generator 1, pulses are generated from an AC power source which is supplied and the generated pulses are supplied to a controller 3. The controller 3 controls a switching circuit 2 in accordance with the pulses from the intermittent pulse generator 1 and a signal from a supplying mode detecting circuit 9. A rectifying circuit constructed by a diode bridge 5 and a capacitor 6 is provided for the secondary side of a transformer 4. An output of the rectifying circuit is supplied to an energy saving mode detecting circuit 7 and a supplying mode detecting circuit 9. The energy saving mode detecting circuit 7 is connected to an output terminal To through a switching circuit 8. When the energy saving mode is detected in the energy saving mode detecting circuit 7, a signal is supplied to the intermittent pulse generator 1.

Abstract: A rectifying circuit (a) comprising a diode Da and a capacitor Ca is provided for a winding Ta on the secondary side of a transformer T. A rectifying circuit (b) comprising Db and Cb is provided for a winding Tb. A charging device Ra connected to one output of the circuit (a) is connected to the+side of a secondary battery E1. The+side of E1 is connected to an output terminal To1 and the+side of E3 through a switching circuit S1. The−side of E1 is connected to the other output of the circuit (a) and connected to the−side of E3 through S2. Rb connected to one output of the circuit (b) is connected to the+side of E2. The+side of E2 is connected to the+side of E4 through S2. The−side of E2 is connected to the other output of the circuit (b) and connected to the−side of E4 through S3. The−side of E4 is connected to an output terminal To2. S4 is provided between the+side of E1 and the−side of E4.

Abstract: A power supplying adapter which is connected to an AC power source and generates a predetermined DC voltage is constructed by a power supplying unit in which a small power mode to output a small electric power and a large power mode to output a large electric power can be switched; a current detecting unit for detecting a current outputted from the power supplying unit; a signal receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted from electronic equipment; and for control means for making the power supplying unit operative in the small power mode and making the signal receiving unit means operative when the current detected by the current detecting unit is equal to or smaller than a reference value. The electronic equipment is constructed by a signal transmitting unit for transmitting a signal to the power supplying adapter; a second control unit for controlling the signal transmitting unit; and a switching unit for switching a power source which is supplied from the power supplying adapter.

Abstract: When a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery, etc. requiring constant-voltage charging is charged, the battery voltage and charging current of the secondary battery are detected under a specified state, and in accord with the detected state, a voltage at which charging is carried out, the charging time or charging stop period thereof, or connecting condition of the charging circuit etc. are controlled in order to favorably charge the secondary battery to a full-charge or to a nearly full-charged state, thereby effectively preventing deterioration of characteristics of the secondary battery.

Abstract: An over-charging voltage is supplied from a voltage detecting circuit 39 to a priority controlling circuit 46 and a switch circuit 43. A voltage detecting circuit 41 detects a terminal voltage of a secondary battery BT (namely, an over-charging voltage) and supplies the voltage to the switching circuit 43. A current that flows in a resistor 42 is supplied to a cumulating circuit 40 and the switch circuit 43. The cumulating circuit 40 adds a voltage received from the voltage detecting circuit 39 through the priority controlling circuit 46 and a current that flows in the resistor 42 and supplies the added result as a control signal to a charging portion PS. A temperature detecting circuit 44 detects the temperature of a battery pack BP. The detected result is supplied to the switch circuit 43 and a detected voltage switching circuit 45. The switch circuit 43 performs on/off operations corresponding to the received voltage, terminal voltage, current, and temperature.

Abstract: A secondary battery pack includes first and second terminal portions connected to a load device or a charging device, a secondary battery, a voltage detecting means for detecting a voltage applied to the secondary battery or a battery voltage of the secondary battery, a switch means connected between the first or the second terminal portion and the secondary battery and set to its disconnected state when the voltage detecting means detects a first voltage, and a charging circuit connected between the first or the second terminal portion and the secondary battery and controlled based on a voltage detected by the voltage detecting means with reference to a second voltage lowered by a predetermined voltage as compared with the first voltage.

Abstract: The AC electric power of the commercial AC power supply is safely supplied to an electronic appliance functioning as a load during an occurrence of a power interruption by an auxiliary power supply apparatus. In the auxiliary power supply apparatus, normally usable electric power derived from a diode bridge energized by the commercial AC power supply, and auxiliary electric power produced from a DC/DC converter energized by a cell are selectively conducted to an output connector of this auxiliary power supply apparatus via a selection switch and a load connection switch, which are controlled in response to a detection result of a power-interrupt detecting circuit. When an AC plug of a load set is inserted into this output connector, a switch is turned ON, and then, a DC voltage applied from a voltage divider to this connector is changed, depending upon the types of the power supply circuits employed in the load sets, namely, a transformer type power supply circuit and a switching type power supply circuit.

Abstract: A charging control method and apparatus for controlling the charging of a secondary battery includes a charging unit that outputs a constant voltage and constant current and a battery unit that includes a secondary battery. The charging unit has a constant voltage constant-current circuit for supplying a fixed voltage and a fixed current and a first voltage detection circuit for comparing the output voltage from the constant-voltage constant-current circuit with a first threshold level and generating a first detection signal corresponding to the comparison result. The battery unit also includes a second voltage detection circuit for comparing the charging voltage of the secondary battery with the first threshold level and generating a second detection signal corresponding to the comparison result.

Abstract: In an electric power transmission device which transmits electric power between a primary coil and a secondary coil, a resonant frequency of the secondary coil side is arranged to become higher than a frequency of an oscillation signal of the primary coil side, so that a capacitance can be made small and the coupling coefficient of the primary coil and the secondary coil can be made high. Thus, efficiency of power transmission from the primary coil side to the secondary coil side can be improved.

Abstract: In a battery charger, current regulating means and voltage regulating means can be prevented from damages. In the case where a loss of current regulating means (11) or voltage regulating means (12) exceeds an allowable loss, pulse width modulating means (15, 16) for generating a pulse signal having a desired pulse width and control means (18, 19) for intermittently operating the current regulating means or the voltage regulating means, having the loss exceeding the allowable loss, based on the pulse signal are provided to suppress the loss of the current regulating means or the voltage regulating means and suppress heat generated thereby, thus the current regulating means and the voltage regulating means can be protected from damages.

Abstract: A battery charging system detects a secondary battery terminal voltage and selectively controls a first switch to connect/disconnect a series-connected smoothing capacitor and resistor to ground to present an impedance greater than the battery impedance and further controls a second switch to connect/disconnect a charging control circuit in series between the voltage supply and the secondary battery being charged.

Abstract: A battery pack (1) is connected to an external circuit (9) and to a power source circuit (10) which is also connected to the external equipment (9). The battery pack (1) is discharged to supply the current to the external equipment (9) or is charged by the current supplied from the power source circuit (10). An analog circuit (12) and a micro-computer (11) within the battery pack (1) detect the on/off state of the external circuit (9) and effect charging in the on-state of the external equipment with the power equal to the total supply power from the power source circuit less the maximum power consumed by the external equipment, while effecting charging during the off-state of the external equipment with the supply power from the power source circuit. The charging/discharging control is performed by the on/off control by the micro-computer (11) of a charging switch (S1), a discharging switch (S2) and a switch (S4).

Abstract: A secondary battery pack includes terminals connected to an external device, a rechargeable battery for storing and utilizing electric charges, a switching circuit for switching a state of the rechargeable battery between a charge state and a discharge state, a charge/discharge state detecting circuit for detecting a mode signal indicating that a charge operation or a discharge operation is to be carried out, a control circuit for controlling an operation of the switching circuit, a first power-source switching circuit which switches a supply of a power source to the control circuit and is controlled in response to a mode detected by the charge/discharge state detecting circuit, and a second power-source switching circuit which switches a supply of a power source to the control circuit and is controlled in response to a mode detected by the charge/discharge state detecting circuit.

Abstract: The invention provides a rechargeable battery apparatus wherein, when secondary batteries having different terminal voltages are used in parallel connection, a back current is prevented and a loss which is produced in a diode for prevention of back current is reduced. A plurality of switch elements are individually connected in series to a plurality of secondary batteries, and diodes for prevention of back current for the secondary batteries are individually connected in parallel to the switch elements. Upon parallel charging or parallel discharging of the secondary batteries, voltages across the diodes are detected by a reverse bias detection circuit, and the switch element which corresponds to one of the diodes which exhibits a reverse bias voltage is switched on.

Abstract: A voltage at the time of full charging of a battery being charged is set to be larger for a lithium ion battery than for a nickel cadmium battery. Charging of the battery is then carried out using a constant current circuit and a fixed voltage circuit. If the item being charged is a lithium ion battery, a current detection circuit detects when the charging current is less than a prescribed value, a control circuit switches off a switch and the charging is halted. If the item being charged is a nickel cadmium battery, a -.DELTA.V detection circuit detects when the terminal voltage for the battery becomes low (-.DELTA.V) and the charging is halted. Different types of batteries of the same shape can therefore be charged in the same charging equipment while damage to the batteries during the charging operation is prevented.

Abstract: A battery pack (1) is connected to an external equipment (9) and to a power source circuit (10) designed to supply the power to the external equipment (9). The communication of the information is made between a micro-computer (11) in the battery pack (1) and the external equipment (9) via a terminal (8). At least the information indicating the present residual capacity of a battery main unit (4) is transmitted by such communication from the micro-computer (11) to the external equipment (9). The residual capacity is found by the calculations performed by the micro-computer (11) on the current, voltage, internal resistance and the temperature of the battery main unit (4). In this manner, the residual capacity may be accurately found on the side of the external equipment (9).

Abstract: First and second gate-controlled switches are connected analogously to a Darlington transistor pair with a slow-response diode connected to delay application of a turn-off signal to the second gate-controlled switch until the first gate-controlled switch is fully turned OFF. The Darlington-type connection reduces a drive current required from a driving source to maintain the second gate-controlled switch fully ON for passing a load current therethrough.

Abstract: A television receiver having a horizontal output transistor includes a collector and an emitter respectively connected to a first potential and a second ground potential, a first series circuit of first and second damper diodes connected between the first potential and ground potential, a second series circuit of a deflection coil and an S-shaping capacitor connected in parallel with the collector-emitter path of the transistor, a retrace capacitor connected between the first potential and second ground potential, respectively, a third capacitor connected between the cathode of the second damper diode and the second ground potential, a first voltage supply source connected to the first potential through a choke coil, and a second voltage supply source connected to the anode of the second damper diode through a primary winding of a transformer of a load circuit, the voltage E.sub.1 supplied by the first voltage supply source being selected greater than or equal to the voltage E.sub.

Abstract: In a circuit for controlling the current flow through a coil, such as the horizontal deflection coil of a television receiver, a first switching device including, for example, a first switching transistor and a first damper diode is connected in parallel with a first resonant circuit including a first capacitor and a first coil, which is the coil through which the current flow is to be controlled. A second switching device including for example, a second switching transistor and a second damper diode is connected in parallel with a second resonant circuit including a second capacitor and a second coil. First and second charging capacitors are connected in series with the first and second coils, respectively, and the power is supplied to the first and second resonant circuits for example through a third coil.

Abstract: In a circuit for controlling the current flow through a coil, such as, the horizontal deflection coil of a television receiver, a first switching circuit including a first switching transistor and a first damper diode is connected in parallel with a first resonant circuit including a first capacitor and a first coil which is the coil through which the current flow is to be controlled, a second switching circuit including a second switching transistor and a second damper diode is connected in parallel with a second resonant circuit including a second capacitor and a second coil, a charging capacitor is connected in a common current path for the first and second resonant circuits, and switching signals of the same frequency, for example, the horizontal frequency of a video signal, are applied to the first and second switching transistors with the phase difference between such signals being controlled to vary the voltage across the charging capacitor and hence the current flowing through the first coil.