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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Varghese, Wheaton, IL (US);
Michael R. Cable, Hudson, OH (US);
David J. Lewis, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael E. Troy, Lockport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Midtronics, Inc., Willowbrook, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; G01R 3/136 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; G01R 3/136 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for testing a storage battery includes battery test circuitry configured to perform a battery test on the storage battery. The battery test circuitry responsively provides a test result output related to a condition of the storage battery. A test count memory configured to store a test count and test count circuitry is configured to maintain a test count in response to an occurrence of a battery test performed by the battery test circuitry.