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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. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy S. Mixon, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Mixon, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A system for actively controlling the charging profile of a battery uses a software-based alternator control unit to control the charging voltage. The voltage applied to the battery is initially increased over normal values following battery discharge, to charge the battery back as fast as possible without damaging the battery or alternator. The voltage is then reduced to a normal charging level, and subsequently further reduced to a float level.