U.S. Philips Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Erich Krainer

Martin Sonnek

Gerhard Diefenbach

In an arrangement ( ) which firstly includes charging current generation means ( ), which have a first output terminal ( ) and a second output terminal ( ), and which secondly includes rechargeable energy storage means ( ) connected to the second output terminal ( ), which rechargeable energy storage means ( ) can be recharged with the charging current (IL) and which thirdly includes load means ( ) which can be connected to the second output terminal ( ), which load means ( ) can be supplied with power from the energy storage means ( ), the load means ( ) and the energy storage means ( ) form a series combination (SC) between the first output terminals ( ) and a second a second output terminal ( ).

Arrangement including means for displaying a charging state

Apparatus for the time controlled charge of a battery includes a switching device to control the supply of charge current to the battery. The switching device is in turn controlled by a control device including a time signal generation stage having a temperature sensitive device responsive to the ambient temperature of the apparatus so as to adjust the time signal generation stage to alter the battery charge time in a sense to prevent overcharging of the battery.

Charging arrangement for the time-controlled charging of at least one

In an apparatus (1) with at least one battery (12, 13) mounted on a printed circuit board (14) the printed circuit board (14) has mounting portions (23, 24, 25, 26) which can be broken off this printed circuit board, solder lugs (19, 20, 21, 22) which project from terminals (15, 16, 17, 18) of the battery (12, 13) being fixedly connected to said mounting portions by a soldered joint (27) each. Each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) of the printed circuit board (14) is surrounded by the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) and an opening (28, 29, 30, 31), which partly surrounds the relevant mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26), is formed between each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) and the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) and each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) is connected to the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) by a connecting portion (40, 41, 42, 43) of the printed circuit board (14), which connecting portion is situated between the two ends (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) of an opening (28, 29, 30, 31).

Apparatus having at least one battery secured to a printed circuit board

A reversing device for a two-pole single-phase synchronous motor (3) without a starting coil. The motor comprises a diametrically magnetized permanent-magnet rotor having a shaft that runs against elastic stops for reversing the direction of rotation, and a capacitor arranged in series with the stator exciter coil. The capacitor serves for improving the reversing operation and is dimensioned so that its reactance at the AC supply frequency is greater than the reactance of the exciter coil of the synchronous motor.

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St. Veit an der Glan, Austria

Erich Krainer