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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Scott H. Richards, Plantation, FL (US);
Anthony J. Cecchin, Cary, IL (US);
Charles F. Jackson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Joseph E. Phillips, Huntley, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a charging device ( ) is capable of receiving a first device ( ) coupled to a second device ( ). The first device has a first battery associated therewith and the second device has a second battery associated therewith. The charging device is capable of charging the first battery and the second battery in one of the following manners: charging the first and second batteries in a serial manner, charging the first and second batteries in a parallel manner, and charging the second battery from the energy stored in the first battery.