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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:
Mar. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory O Snowden, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Joan S DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Gary L Pace, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ; H02J / ; H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 43 ; 307 66 ; 307 18 ;
Abstract
A power switching circuit is described for supplying power to a radio pager which must be continuously powered from either a main or backup battery. The main battery voltage is monitored and at appropriate levels as its value falls, selected functions of the pager are eliminated and switch over to the backup battery is made to keep alive essential functions.