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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Fallon, Cleveland, OH (US);
William R Schober, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Edward O Neukirch, Reading, PA (US);
Donald W Kirby, Reading, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Battery Corporation, Reading, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 21 ; 320 23 ; 320 37 ; 320 39 ;
Abstract
A method for charging a lead-acid storage battery, the method comprising the steps of charging the battery at an initially high rate during an initial stage of the charging cycle, monitoring the internal battery voltage, charging the battery at a lower, finishing rate after a preselected battery voltage has been monitored, and periodically interrupting the finishing charge until the battery is recharged.