Magnetically controlled battery charge and discharge circuit

• US 3,414,796 A
• Filed: 11/23/1966
• Issued: 12/03/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jean Henquet Andre
• Original Assignee: Jean Henquet Andre
• Inventors: JEAN HENQUET ANDRE
• Application Number:
  US04/596,586
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 36/0006 Permanent magnet actuating reed switches H01H35/147 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 5/00 Circuit arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks and dc networks H02J3/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/10 associated with switches operated by magnetic effect due to proximity of receiver or hand-set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/215 by non-intrusive coupling means, e.g. acoustic couplers

Claims

7. AN AUTOMATIC SWITCHING MEANS IN COMBINATION WITH A BATTERY OPERATED DEVICE AND A BATTERY RECHARGER CIRCUIT COMPRISING:

A PRIMARY WINDING OF A TRANSFORMER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF POWER;

A SECONDARY WINDING FOR SAID TRANSFORMER BEING MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF FLUX LINKING RELATION WITH SAID PRIMARY WINDING;

A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CONNECTED TO SAID SECONDARY WINDING THROUGH SUITABLE RECTIFIER MEANS;

A MAGNETICALLY CONTROLLABLE SWITCH CONNECTED TO SAID BATTERY FOR CONTROLLING CUR-