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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1992
Thomas Keener, Honolulu, HI (US);
W Joe Watson, Edmond, OK (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for conditioning batteries such as those of the nickel-cadmium type for which deep discharge prior to recharge is desirable. Mechanical programming plates having different patterns of apertures for batteries of different characteristics are provided. When a battery is to be conditioned, one of the programming plates having an aperture pattern representing the characteristics of that battery is attached to the battery and the combined battery/programming plate is positioned on the battery conditioner. A surface of the conditioner contains programming pins that sense the aperture pattern on the programming plate and automatically program the discharging/charging circuits to provide a discharge/charge sequence that is tailored to the particular characteristics of the battery being conditioned.