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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Philadelphia Scientific Llc, Montgomeryville, PA (US);

Inventors:

Duncan Jones, Cheshire, GB;

John Worthington, Lancashire, GB;

Assignee:

Philadelphia Scientific LLC, Montgomeryville, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); B66F 9/24 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01); H01M 6/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/484 (2013.01); B66F 9/24 (2013.01); G01F 23/0061 (2013.01); H01M 6/505 (2013.01);
Abstract

A measuring device is used in conjunction with a programmable controller for monitoring electrolyte levels in the battery. According to one implementation, the measuring device is located in a battery and is configured to detect when the electrolyte level in the battery falls below a particular level. The controller is in electrical communication with the electrolyte detection device. The controller is configured to: (i) receive a signal from the electrolyte level detection device indicating when the electrolyte level in the battery has fallen below the particular level; (ii) introduce a wait-period after the signal is received; and (iii) enable an indicator to indicate that the electrolyte level in the battery should be refilled when the wait-period expires.


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