Car battery charger/tester

• US 5,955,866 A
• Filed: 07/27/1998
• Issued: 09/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jen-Chih Peng
• Original Assignee: Jen-Chih Peng
• Inventors: Peng, Jen-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Toatley, Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US09/122,597
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 380/103, 380/104, 380/105, 380/112, 324/429, 324/426, 324/433, 324/772, 340/636
• US Class Current: 320/105
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/005 Testing of electric installations on transport means
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/385 Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables for monitoring G01R31/382
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034

Abstract

A car battery charger/tester comprises a casing, an integrated circuit board, an accumulator, two test terminals, a test tip, and an indicator light array for displaying a battery loading state. When a car breaks down, car battery charger/tester allows to recharge the battery of the car and to test the battery and the generator of the car separately so as to prevent a second breakdown.

Claims

1. A car battery charger/tester, comprising:

a casing, having a groove at two lateral sides thereof and having a positioning bar extending outward from said two lateral sides at the upper part thereof, respectively;

an integrated circuit board mounted inside said casing, further comprising a control circuit and a voltage comparator;

an accumulator mounted inside said casing;

a charge/discharge socket, provided on said casing and electrically connecting to said accumulator for charging/discharging said accumulator;

a test switch, provided on said casing and electrically connecting to said accumulator and said voltage comparator;

an indicator light array, mounted on said casing and electrically connecting to said voltage comparator;

a lamp with a switch, mounted on said casing and electrically connecting to said accumulator;

two test terminals, each of which having a cable being laid into each of said grooves and electrically connecting to said accumulator; and

a test tip, attaching to said casing and electrically connecting to said test switch;

whereby, when said test switch is pressed to on position, said voltage comparator can be activated to drive said indicator light array so as to display a loading state of said accumulator by means of the number of lights thereof turned on;

when one of said test terminals is connected to one terminal of the battery in a car and said test tip is held against the other terminal of said battery, the number of lights of said indicator light array illuminated displays the loading state of said battery; and

when the car cannot be started, the other test terminal is connected to the other terminal of said battery;

while the car is started, the other test terminal is removed and said test tip is held against the other terminal of said terminal once again, and said indicator light array shows whether the generator has charged the battery or not.

2. A car battery charger/tester according to claim 1, wherein each of said positional bars is covered by a protective cover and said protective cover has a through hole for sight.

3. A car battery charger/tester according to claim 1, wherein said charge/discharge socket can be plugged by one connector of a charge/discharge cable with connectors at both ends thereof and the other connector is plugged into a cigar lighter of the car for charging or discharging said accumulator.

4. A car battery charger/tester according to claim 1, wherein said charge/discharge socket can be plugged by a connector of a AC adapter to charge said accumulator.

5. A car battery charger/tester according to claim 1, wherein in case of a power failure during charging said accumulator, said lamp is switched on by said control circuit.