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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene P. Finger, Brewster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Curtis Instruments, Inc., Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; H02J 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; H02J 7/04 ;
Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, a sequential high-rate battery charger for charging a battery having a plurality of cell units, the battery charger including a current source; an apparatus to selectively sequentially connect each of the plurality of cell units to the high current source; and an apparatus to sequentially provide high current from the high current source to each of the plurality of cell units for a first selected period of time.