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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Andrew E. Seman, Jr., White Marsh, MD (US);
Inventor:
Andrew E. Seman, Jr., White Marsh, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for charging a plurality of cells in a battery pack to a target charging value. The method includes: delivering a charging current to the plurality of cells; monitoring cell voltage of each cell in the plurality of cells to determine when at least one of the cells reaches the target charging value; and diverting the charging current around the cells having reached the target charging value and cooperatively adjusting the charging current so that a current received by the cells having reached the target charging value is substantially zero.