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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric D Anderson, Hudson, WI (US);
Assignee:
Micron Electronics, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ; H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702 63 ; 320132 ; 320128 ; 320149 ;
Abstract
A method of displaying a status condition of a smart battery being charged by a smart battery charger. The method includes: transmitting data from the smart battery to a computer, wherein the smart battery charger is external to the computer; processing said data in accordance with a software program being executed by a central processing unit within the computer; and displaying information obtained as a result of processing said data on a display screen coupled to the computer.