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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:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiharu Kokuga, Sumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 22 ; 320 31 ;
Abstract
A rechargeable battery is supplementary charged after peak battery voltage is detected. The time interval for supplementary charging is variable and set as a function of the time to peak voltage or charging current. The longer the charging time or the higher the charging current, the longer the supplementary charging timer interval.