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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. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher P Henze, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Schott Power Systems Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; H02M / ; H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324426 ; 324429 ; 363 89 ; 320 48 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for testing a battery charger includes a converter having input terminals connectable to a battery charger for receiving a current, output terminals and a switching device for electrically connecting at least one of the input terminals to the output terminals. A load is connected to the output terminals. A controller controls the switching device to periodically connect the input terminals to the output terminals, and in a preferred embodiment, maintain a desired voltage across the input terminals.