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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995

Filed:

Jul. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jean-Noel Fiorina, Seyssinet-Pariset, FR;

Patrick Lailler, Clichy, FR;

Assignee:

Merlin Gerin, , FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364550 ; 324427 ; 340636 ; 364480 ; 364481 ;
Abstract

The backup time of the battery is obtained by estimation, in iterative manner, of discharging of the battery during successive estimated time intervals. During each of the estimated time intervals, an estimated discharging current in terms of the actual discharge power, an estimated voltage, and an estimated state of charge are computed in accordance with a mathematical model equivalent to the battery. The backup time of the battery is equal to the sum of the estimated time intervals necessary for the estimated voltage to reach a preset threshold. The process enables ageing of the battery to be taken into account and an alarm to be provided when the lifetime of the battery becomes too short.


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