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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:
Aug. 21, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Blake, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ferdinand H Mullersman, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320-2 ; 320-6 ; 320 15 ; 320 22 ; 320 48 ;
Abstract
Charging apparatus having visual indicating means, e.g., a light emitting diode, responsive to the delivery of charging current to rechargeable cells having different physical sizes and/or electrical charging characteristics. The apparatus includes at least two sets of terminals for connecting cells requiring different respective charging current in one of two parallel charging paths. A first charge rate path supplies part of the charging current to cells of high current demand and a second charge rate path supplies charging current to cells of low current demand.