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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Pierre Lacroix, Montauban, FR;
Inventor:
Pierre Lacroix, Montauban, FR;
Assignee:
INGENICO GROUP, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 7/044 (2013.01); H04M 1/73 (2013.01); Y10T 307/313 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method is provided for managing the level of charge of at least two batteries respectively powering a first and a second device. The devices are able to cooperate physically with one another via a modular interface, and the method includes a step of transferring energy from one of the batteries to the other of the batteries, the transferring step being implemented as a function of a level of charge of at least one of the batteries.