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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. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M Johnson, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Joshua P Kiem, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 15 ; 320-2 ; 320 22 ;
Abstract
A multiple battery, multiple rate automatic switching battery charger is disclosed. Two or more batteries are charged sequentially in a multiple pocket battery chargers in order to maintain a low peak power consumption level. One battery pocket is assigned a priority so that a battery placed therein will be charged first at a fast rate of charge. Upon completion of the fast charge cycle, the priority battery can be trickle charged during the fast charge of the non-priority pocket battery.