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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franciscus A. C. M. Schoofs, Eindhoven, NL;
Wanda S. Kruijt, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert E. F. Einerhand, Eindhoven, NL;
Saskia A. C. Hanneman, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrik J. Bergveld, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method is described for determining the charge condition of a battery ( ), wherein the electromotive force (V ) is derived from measurements of the terminal voltage in a loaded condition, and the charge condition (Q) is determined with the aid of a pre-calculated relationship between (V ) and the charge condition (Q) on the basis of the (V ) thus calculated.