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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. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jesse P. Keller, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ISE Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
A method and system for charging and equalizing battery packs in a battery power system by transferring charge between battery packs. The method involves determining if a battery pack is a candidate for charging, selecting a battery pack to transfer charge from, and transferring charge between the battery packs until an equalizing charge level is accomplished between the battery packs.