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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:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen G Carlton, Plantation, FL (US);
Lorenzo Cruger, Jr, Sunrise, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 15 ; 320-6 ;
Abstract
An electronic device (100) having a battery (116) with an associated battery voltage. The battery (116) includes a plurality of cells configured to form a plurality of battery portions (116A and 116B). The electronic device (100) also includes a regulator (102), a first circuit (118), and a swith control circuit (106). The regulator (102) operates on the battery voltage and produces a regulated voltage. The first circuit (118) operated on the battery voltage. The switch control circuit (106) alternately applies the regulated voltage to the plurality of battery portions (116A and 116B) so as to charge the battery (116).