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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Krieger, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Jack Robert Colton, Pennsauken, NJ (US);
Henry Shum, Kowloon, HK;
Assignee:
Vector Manufacturing, Ltd., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 ;
Abstract
A portable, rechargeable device for boost-charging a discharged target battery is equipped with current sensing and regulation circuitry. The device may be used, for example, for boost-charging through a cigarette lighter socket or directly. Such circuitry permits very rapid charging using voltages greater than the nominal voltage of the target battery without blowing a fuse of the cigarette lighter socket or damaging sensitive onboard electronics.