The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor Gmbh, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Inventors:
Otto Schumacher, Dachau, DE;
Olivier Girard, Munich, DE;
Joao Paulo Trierveiler Martins, Germering, DE;
Hartmut Sturm, Germering, DE;
Fabio Rigoni, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0093 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for charging a battery is provided, wherein current pulses are supplied to the battery, wherein each pulse is followed by a rest period during which no current is supplied to the battery, and wherein the state of charge of the battery is determined during the rest period.