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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. 11, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jade H Alberkrack, Tempe, AZ (US);
Theodore V Lester, Schiller Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 40 ; 320 54 ;
Abstract
A battery charging circuit device (10) includes a rectifier (16) and current controller (44) for directing current away from the battery (30). The rectifier (16) provides a current curve which is controlled by the current controller (44) so as to prevent the application of excess current to the battery (30) being charged in the circuit (10).