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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. 31, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt Raichle, Owatonna, MN (US);
Jeff Patterson, Gobles, MI (US);
Paul Sontheimer, Owatonna, MI (US);
Assignee:
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus that allows a battery charger/tester to store and retrieve information from a storage media. Information, such as the result of the charge and testing of the battery, can be stored on the storage media. Additionally, information, such as firmware updates, can be uploaded from the storage media.