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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:
May. 31, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert B Ford, Tamarac, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320-2 ; 320 22 ;
Abstract
A battery charger for charging a battery (4) for a radio (12), is provided having two terminals (6 and 8). A charging circuit (24 and 26) has a controllable parameter for charging the battery (4). An operational mode detector (30) is coupled to the two terminals (6 and 8) for detecting an operational mode of the radio. A control circuit (22) is coupled to the operational mode detector (30) and to the charging circuit (24 and 26) for controlling the controllable parameter in response to the operational mode detected.