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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:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erich Krainer, St. Veit an der Glan, AT;
Martin Sonnek, St. Veit an der Glan, AT;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 37 ; 320 31 ; 320 21 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for the time controlled charge of a battery includes a switching device to control the supply of charge current to the battery. The switching device is in turn controlled by a control device including a time signal generation stage having a temperature sensitive device responsive to the ambient temperature of the apparatus so as to adjust the time signal generation stage to alter the battery charge time in a sense to prevent overcharging of the battery.