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Adaptable recharging and lighting station and methods of using the same

  • US 10,014,683 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2016
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a charging system, comprising:

  • a. identifying a chemical class of a plurality of batteries connected to battery receivers in said system, wherein said system includes a plurality of sensors in electronic communication with said battery receivers for measuring electrical characteristics of said plurality of batteries and a microprocessor operable to analyze said electrical characteristics of said plurality of batteries to determine (1) whether said plurality of batteries are of a same chemical class and (2) a particular chemical class of said same chemical class;

    b. monitoring at least one electrical characteristic of at least one power generation device in electronic communication with said charging system;

    c. monitoring voltages of said plurality of batteries; and

    d. altering the configuration of said plurality of batteries between series and parallel configurations based on at least one of said at least one electrical characteristic of said at least one power generation device, said voltages of said plurality of batteries, and said particular chemical class of said plurality of batteries during charging of said batteries.

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