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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:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Parker, Alamo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ; H01M / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 48 ; 320 13 ; 324435 ; 429 90 ;
Abstract
A testing device includes a refresh circuit having a refresh resistor and electrically conductive leads for coupling the refresh resistor to a battery through a first switch and a diode, a test circuit including a heat generating element and electrically conductive leads for coupling the heat generating element to the battery through a second switch and the diode, a refresh display coupled to the refresh circuit for a visual indication that the device is in a refresh mode, and a test display thermally coupled to the heat generating element for visual display of the relative charge of the battery.