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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Davide Andrea, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Davide Andrea, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/002 (2013.01); H02J 7/0018 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a battery and load equalization circuit that prevents the in-rush of current when batteries and/or loads are initially connected in parallel. Various techniques are used including charging, discharging and use of DC to DC converters to equalize charges between batteries and between batteries and capacitive loads.