System for recognizing and managing electrochemical cells
First Claim
1. A system for managing the use of a battery connected to a device, said battery including at least one electrochemical cell, said system comprising:
- an electronic memory incorporated in said battery, said electronic memory comprising a non-erasable first portion containing information identifying said battery, with at least some of said information being written by a user of said battery, and a second portion which may be modified or erased and which contains information about the operation and the state of said battery,read means for reading from said memory and write means for writing in said memory, andcircuitry in said device for managing the use of said battery in accordance with information about said cell read from said cell, and said system.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for recognizing and managing electrochemical cells connected to an application, the system being characterized by the fact that it comprises an electronic memory associated with the cells, and circuitry for reading from the memory and writing in the memory, the read write circuitry being placed in the application, the electronic memory comprising a non-erasable first portion containing information enabling the cell to be identified, and a second portion which may be modified or erased, and which contains information about the operation and the state of the cell.
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1. A system for managing the use of a battery connected to a device, said battery including at least one electrochemical cell, said system comprising:
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an electronic memory incorporated in said battery, said electronic memory comprising a non-erasable first portion containing information identifying said battery, with at least some of said information being written by a user of said battery, and a second portion which may be modified or erased and which contains information about the operation and the state of said battery, read means for reading from said memory and write means for writing in said memory, and circuitry in said device for managing the use of said battery in accordance with information about said cell read from said cell, and said system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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