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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:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Regina G. C. Cunanan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian K. Wohltmann, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Dustin Lee, Abingdon, MD (US);
Inventors:
Regina G. C. Cunanan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian K. Wohltmann, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Dustin Lee, Abingdon, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for indicating state of charge of a battery being charged by a charger. The method includes: supplying a charging current from a battery charger to a battery pack; determining voltage of battery cells residing in the battery pack; and illuminating a visual indicator on the battery charger to indicate state of charge of the battery pack, where brightness of the visual indicator correlates to the voltage of the battery cells in the battery pack.
Published as:
EP2375468A2; EP2375473A2; EP2375486A2; EP2375537A2; EP2375538A1; EP2375539A2; EP2375540A2; EP2375541A2; EP2375542A2; EP2375559A2; US2011248650A1; US2011248653A1; US2011248669A1; US2011254472A1; CN202059362U; EP2397278A1; CN202151853U; CN202183611U; US2012081074A1; CN202206149U; CN202225179U; EP2375537A3; EP2375539A3; EP2375468A3; US8653787B2; EP2375486A3; US2014159642A1; US8796995B2; EP2375540A3; EP2375542A3; EP2375541A3; US2014340053A1; EP2375473A3; US8988015B2; US2015137715A1; US9071069B2; US9209642B2; EP2375473B1; EP2375486B1; US2016087356A1; US9413088B2; US9461379B2; US2016315489A1; EP2375559A3; US9570822B2; US2017149258A1; US9692157B2; US9722334B2; EP2375468B1; US2017373415A1; US9960509B2; US10027140B2; US2018323625A1; EP2375542B1; EP2397278B1; US10666068B2; US2020287398A1; US11095239B2;