DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR CHARGING DEVICE, FOR CHARGING AN ACCUMULATOR
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Abstract
Charging devices which can be operated in a plurality of manually selectable charging modes and which have a discharging device are known. According to the invention, a storage charge mode which is optimized for storage of the accumulator is proposed. For this purpose, a device for determining the charge state of the accumulator is provided. When the storage charge mode is activated, the accumulator is charged only up to a predefined, optimized partially charged state, in which case the discharging device discharges the accumulator as far as the predefined partially charged state if the charge state which is determined at the start of the storage charge mode is higher than the predefined partially charged state.
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30 Claims
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11. A device, in particular a charging device, for charging an accumulator, comprising:
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a charging current supply unit that is operable in a plurality of charging modes, where a particular charging mode that the charging current supply unit is operated in is selected by a user; a discharging device provided for at least one of the charging modes; and a device for determining a charge state of the accumulator, having a storage charging mode provided in which when activated, the accumulator is only charged to a predetermined partial charge state that is optimized with regard to a foreseeable storage of the accumulator and the discharging device discharges the accumulator to the predetermined partial charge state if the charge state determined by the device for determining a charge state at a beginning of the storage charging mode is higher than the predetermined partial charge state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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