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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1990
Russell E Hammond, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert L Northup, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan G Shimp, Silver Springs, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An uniterruptible power supply is provided that incorporates switching ciitry permitting a path for instantaneous DC backup power to be supplied to a voltage-declining primary power supply bus. Once the instantaneous transition is made, battery power is switched to a low impedance path to provide long-term battery power delivery to the bus. At a point where the backup batteries no longer supply useful power to a load, disabling circuitry disconnects the batteries from the load so that excessive draining of the batteries does not result in irreversible battey damage. The uninterruptible power supply of the invention further includes an automatic battery charging circuitry that seeks to maintain the power supply batteries at optimal charge level. To enable an operator to adequately assess battery charge condition, the invention provides battery test circuitry that causes a simulated load to appear at the power supply batteries. Visual representations are then made as to battery status.