Battery analyzer in a battery pack and fixture

• US 20080150542A1
• Filed: 02/13/2004
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Poweready, Inc. (Xicor, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Poweready, Inc. (Xicor, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ng, Andrew, Chandler, Lance, Yang, Jan, Sapp, William, Buckley, Don
• Application Number:
  US10/779,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20080150542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/435
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/36 Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/488 Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The Battery Analyzer in a Battery Pack and Fixture includes a portable handheld device containing multiple battery cells in a battery pack having a microprocessor or ASIC with companion circuitry for measuring the condition of the cell battery and manage the use of the battery taking into consideration the history of the battery, the condition of the various cells within the battery, the device the battery pack is being used in, and other factors. The condition of the battery pack may be displayed with an LCD display for direct user information, or may be relayed electromagnetically back to a base station through the transmitter portion of the device, such as a walkie talkie.

Claims

1. A Battery Analyzer in a Battery Pack, comprising:

a display;

a user interface; and

a means for performing diagnostic and data retrieval functions.