Fast charging high energy storage capacitor system jump starter
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1. A system for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle whose vehicle battery has been depleted to an energy level where the vehicle battery is unusable for an intended purpose of starting the vehicle on its own, said system comprising:
- a boost or step up circuit adapted for electrical communication with an external energy source originating outside of the system and capable of extracting energy from the external energy source and boosting a voltage potential for the extracted energy to a higher level than a specific voltage potential level of the external energy source;
a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with an output of the boost or step up circuit for controlling an amount of energy demand from the external energy source; and
an integrated single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank in electrical communication with an output of the current limiter circuit, said single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank adapted for electrical communication to an external electrical load device and when the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank is charged the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank is capable and available for delivering all of its stored energy to the external load device such that the delivered stored energy that aids in starting the motor vehicle having the depleted vehicle battery is generated directly from the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank;
wherein the current limiter circuit restricts a maximum current delivered to the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank for charging the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank with the energy extracted from the external energy source and regulates a charging time for the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank with the energy extracted from the external energy source.
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Abstract
A fast charging high energy storage capacitor system jump starter is described. The jump starter apparatus incorporates a method of using reserve energy from a depleted electrical system such as an automobile battery or using energy from another energy source, combined with a fast charging high energy capacitor bank to enable the rapid and effective way to jump start a vehicle.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle whose vehicle battery has been depleted to an energy level where the vehicle battery is unusable for an intended purpose of starting the vehicle on its own, said system comprising:
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a boost or step up circuit adapted for electrical communication with an external energy source originating outside of the system and capable of extracting energy from the external energy source and boosting a voltage potential for the extracted energy to a higher level than a specific voltage potential level of the external energy source; a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with an output of the boost or step up circuit for controlling an amount of energy demand from the external energy source; and an integrated single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank in electrical communication with an output of the current limiter circuit, said single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank adapted for electrical communication to an external electrical load device and when the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank is charged the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank is capable and available for delivering all of its stored energy to the external load device such that the delivered stored energy that aids in starting the motor vehicle having the depleted vehicle battery is generated directly from the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank; wherein the current limiter circuit restricts a maximum current delivered to the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank for charging the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank with the energy extracted from the external energy source and regulates a charging time for the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank with the energy extracted from the external energy source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle whose vehicle battery has been depleted to an energy level where the vehicle battery is unusable for an intended purpose of starting the vehicle on its own, said system comprising:
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a boost or step up circuit adapted for electrical communication with an energy source and capable of extracting energy from the energy source and boosting a voltage potential for the extracted energy to a higher level than a specific voltage potential level of the energy source; a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with an output of the boost or step up circuit; and a single cell or capacitor bank in electrical communication with an output of the current limiter circuit, the single cell or capacitor bank adapted for electrical communication to an electrical load device and when the single cell or capacitor bank is charged the single cell or capacitor bank is capable and available for delivering energy to the load device; wherein the current limiter circuit restricts a maximum current delivered to the single cell or capacitor bank from the energy extracted from the energy source and regulates a charging time for the single cell or capacitor bank using the energy extracted from the energy source; and wherein the energy source is an integrated battery in electrical communication with the boost or step up circuit and a charging circuit for charging the integrated battery.
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14. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of energy from an external outside energy source originating external to the motor vehicle; (b) boosting or stepping up the specific voltage potential level of the extracted energy to a higher voltage potential level than the specific voltage potential level of the external energy source; and (c) charging a single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank using the extracted energy boosted or stepped up to the higher voltage potential. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of energy from an external energy source that is external to the motor vehicle by a boost or step up circuit; (b) controlling an amount of energy demanded from the external energy source by a current limiter circuit in communication with the boost or step up circuit; (c) boosting or stepping up a specific voltage potential level of the extracted energy to a higher voltage potential level than the specific voltage potential level by the boost or step up circuit, the boost or step up circuit directly or indirectly electrically connected to the external energy source; (d) regulating the timing of supplying the boosted or stepped up extracted energy and restricting an amount of current that is provided to a single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank by the current limiter circuit in electrical communication with the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank; (e) charging a single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank using the extracted energy supplied by the current limiter circuit; (f) closing a high power switch in electrical communication with an output line of the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank in order to provide electrical communication between the single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank and an external load device; and (g) virtually instantaneously delivering all of the electrical energy stored in the charged single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank to the external load device to assist the external load device in being used for an intended purpose of the load device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of energy from an integrated battery; (b) boosting or stepping up a specific voltage potential level of the extracted energy to a higher voltage potential level than the specific voltage potential level of the integrated battery; and (c) charging a single supercapacitor or supercapacitor bank using the extracted energy boosted or stepped up to the higher voltage potential.
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36. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of energy from an integrated battery that is external to the motor vehicle by a boost or step up circuit; (b) controlling an amount of energy demanded from the integrated battery by a current limiter circuit in communication with the boost or step up circuit; (c) boosting or stepping up a specific voltage potential level of the extracted energy to a higher voltage potential level than the specific voltage potential level by the boost or step up circuit, the boost or step up circuit directly or indirectly electrically connected to the integrated battery; (d) regulating the timing of supplying the boosted or stepped up extracted energy and restricting an amount of current that is provided to a single cell or capacitor bank by the current limiter circuit in electrical communication with the single cell or capacitor bank; (e) charging a single cell or capacitor bank using the extracted energy supplied by the current limiter circuit; (f) closing a high power switch in electrical communication with an output line of the single cell or capacitor bank in order to provide electrical communication between the single cell or capacitor bank and an external load device; and (g) virtually instantaneously delivering all of the electrical energy stored in the charged single cell or capacitor bank to the external load device.
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