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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:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Alexander Choi, Houston, TX (US);
Sunny Chan, Hong Kong, HK;
Kwun Kin, Hong Kong, HK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valence Technology, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular and scalable power source can be used to supplement and/or replace existing sources of power. In some embodiments, a DC source can be used to charge a battery in a host system, provide power as a back-up system, or be a primary source of power. The power source includes a set of battery units and one or more circuits that provide an alternative signal path around the battery units if the battery units are at a particular charge level. Temperature sensors are used to turn off or otherwise adjust the alternative signal paths if the temperatures of the alternative signal paths become too high.