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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:
Dec. 03, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W Walker, Jr, Neptune, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; H02J / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340636 ; 320 43 ; 320 44 ; 320 48 ; 324435 ; 368 10 ;
Abstract
A method of indicating the state of charge of a battery is provided wherein a LED clock electrically connected to the battery operates each time current passes through the battery and stops when there is no battery current; the clock retaining the amount of time already passed so that resumed battery operation again activates the clock to continue counting.