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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Kaite, Tsuna-gun, JP;
Tomoya Fukuda, Mihara-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
The method of charging a plurality of batteries uses a charging power supply to pulse charge a plurality of batteries to full charge by time-division switching of the battery being charged. Further, this charging method moves timing intervals forward to begin charging the next battery when charging of a fully charged battery is stopped.