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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Kurt Raichle, Owatonna, MN (US);
Martin Franz, Portage, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kurt Raichle, Owatonna, MN (US);
Martin Franz, Portage, MI (US);
Assignee:
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus that enables the load applied to a battery to be regulated. Regulation of the load to the battery is based upon a load request from which a set-point is derived in a microprocessor. From this set-point, voltage is either allowed to pass or not to pass through a regulator.