US5568038A
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Portable electric equipment and rechargeable built-in batteries
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1994-11-22
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Granted: 1996-10-22
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Expires: 2014-11-22
Abstract
Abstract A battery use system for a battery-driven portable electronic equipment includes a first battery chargeable and serving as a direct power supply source, a second battery parallelly connected to the first battery through a switch, a voltage detection circuit for detecting an output voltage from the first battery, a consumption current detection circuit for detecting the state of the consumption current of the portable electronic equipment, and a switch control circuit for controlling open and close of the switch in accordance with an output from the voltage detection circuit and an output from the consumption current detection circuit. The switch is closed to charge the first battery by the second battery when the output voltage from the first battery becomes smaller than a predetermined value, and at the same time, the consumption current is sufficiently small.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Tatsumi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 22:54
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H02J7/50; H02J7/575; H02J9/00; H02J9/04; H02J9/06; H02J9/061; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S320/00; Y10S320/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A battery system for battery-driven portable electronic equipment, comprising a first battery chargeable and serving as a direct power supply source, a second battery connected parallel to said first battery through a switch, a voltage detection circuit detecting an output voltage from said first battery, consumption current detection circuit detecting a state of a consumption current of said portable electronic equipment, and switch control circuit controlling opening and closing of said switch in accordance with an output from said voltage detection circuit and an output from said consumption current detection circuit, wherein said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said first battery becomes smaller than a predetermined value and the consumption current is sufficiently small, and said portable electronic equipment is a cellular radio telephone set or a mobile radio telephone set of a portable type, said consumption current detection circuit is a circuit for detecting a busy/non-busy state of said telephone, and said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said battery becomes smaller than the predetermined value in a non-busy state of said telephone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A battery system for battery-driven portable electronic equipment, comprising a first battery chargeable and serving as a direct power supply source, a second battery connected parallel to said first battery through a switch, a voltage detection circuit detecting an output voltage from said first battery, consumption current detection circuit detecting a state of a consumption current of said portable electronic equipment, and switch control circuit controlling opening and closing of said switch in accordance with an output from said voltage detection circuit and an output from said consumption current detection circuit, wherein said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said first battery becomes smaller than a predetermined value and the consumption current is sufficiently small, and said portable electronic equipment is a cellular radio telephone set or a mobile radio telephone set of a portable type, said consumption current detection circuit is a circuit for detecting a busy/non-busy state of said telephone, and said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said battery becomes smaller than the predetermined value in a non-busy state of said telephone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
219 words
A battery system for battery-driven portable electronic equipment, comprising a first battery chargeable and serving as a direct power supply source, a second battery connected parallel to said first battery through a switch, a voltage detection circuit detecting an output voltage from said first battery, consumption current detection circuit for detecting a state of a consumption current of said portable electronic equipment, and switch control circuit controlling opening and closing of said switch in accordance with an output from said voltage detection circuit and an output from said consumption current detection circuit, wherein said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said first battery becomes smaller than a predetermined value and the consumption current is sufficiently small, said portable electronic equipment is a cellular radio telephone set or a mobile radio telephone set of a portable type, said consumption current detection circuit is a circuit for detecting a busy/non-busy state of said telephone, and said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said battery becomes smaller than the predetermined value in a non-busy state of said telephone, and said first battery is a nickel-cadmium storage battery, and said second battery is a lithium-ion storage battery having a charging ability.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
219 words
A battery system for battery-driven portable electronic equipment, comprising a first battery chargeable and serving as a direct power supply source, a second battery connected parallel to said first battery through a switch, a voltage detection circuit detecting an output voltage from said first battery, consumption current detection circuit for detecting a state of a consumption current of said portable electronic equipment, and switch control circuit controlling opening and closing of said switch in accordance with an output from said voltage detection circuit and an output from said consumption current detection circuit, wherein said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said first battery becomes smaller than a predetermined value and the consumption current is sufficiently small, said portable electronic equipment is a cellular radio telephone set or a mobile radio telephone set of a portable type, said consumption current detection circuit is a circuit for detecting a busy/non-busy state of said telephone, and said switch is closed to charge said first battery by said second battery when the output voltage from said battery becomes smaller than the predetermined value in a non-busy state of said telephone, and said first battery is a nickel-cadmium storage battery, and said second battery is a lithium-ion storage battery having a charging ability.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said first battery is a nickel-cadmium storage battery, and said second battery is a lithium-ion storage battery having a charging ability.
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