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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert H. Zimmerman, Torrance, CA (US);
Michael V. Quinzio, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ;
Abstract
A charging and discharging method for lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries determines overcharged, undercharged, normal and degraded operating conditions and adjusts a recharge fraction of recharge capacity to discharge capacity for improving battery life while maintaining the battery cells at a high charge state.