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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:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce C Eastmond, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Rachid M Alameh, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 22 ; 320 43 ; 320 44 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method (100), an apparatus (400), and a communication device (700) for automatically maintaining a state of full charge in a charge storage device, such as a secondary battery (414), to which a fixed load (412) is momentarily connected. Since the load is fixed, a predetermined amount of charge is removed from the charge storage device each time the load is connected. A counter (404) is incremented while the load (412) is connected. From the count, the amount of charge that must be replaced can be determined. As the charge is replaced the count is decremented.