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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:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig H. Becker-Irvin, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A charging circuit ( ) particularly suited for use in a satellite ( ) has a battery cell ( ). A voltage sensor ( ) is coupled to the battery for generating a cell voltage signal. A current sensor ( ) is coupled to the battery cell ( ) and generates a cell charge current signal. A controller ( ) is coupled to the voltage sensor ( ) and the current sensor ( ). The controller ( ) determines a compensated voltage in response to the cell voltage signal and the charge current signal and controls the charging of the battery cell ( ) in response to the compensated voltage.