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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:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Matthew Thomas Nolan, Sherwood, OR (US);
Carl Ray Smith, Boring, OR (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Thomas Nolan, Sherwood, OR (US);
Carl Ray Smith, Boring, OR (US);
Assignee:
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 5/27 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A remote battery charger, comprising a DC-to-DC converter, able to accept a first DC current with a voltage of less than 13 VDC and able to produce, from said first DC current, a second DC current of at least a 15 amps at a voltage of at least 13.5 VDC, provided an adequate first DC current level. Also, the charger includes a current acceptance reduction input, whereby when said input is activated said DC-to-DC converter reduces its acceptance of said first DC current.