Fast charging high energy storage capacitor system jump starter
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1. A system for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose but still having an amount of reserve energy, the reserve energy of the dead battery being at a specific DC voltage potential level, said system comprising:
- a boost or step up converter circuit adapted for electrical communication with the dead battery and capable of extracting the reserve energy from the dead battery and boosting a DC voltage potential for the extracted reserve energy to a higher level than the specific DC voltage potential level;
a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with an output of the boost or step up converter circuit; and
a single cell or capacitor bank in electrical communication with an output of the current limiter circuit, said single cell or capacitor bank adapted for electrical communication to an electrical load device and when the single cell or capacitor bank is charged the single cell or capacitor bank is capable and available for delivering energy to the load device;
wherein the current limiter circuit restricts a maximum current delivered to the single cell or capacitor bank from the extracted reserve energy and regulates a charging time for the single cell or capacitor bank using the reserve energy extracted from the dead battery.
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Abstract
A fast charging high energy storage capacitor system jump starter is described. The jump starter apparatus incorporates a method of using reserve energy from a depleted electrical system such as an automobile battery, combined with a fast charging high energy capacitor bank to enable the rapid and effective way to jump start a vehicle.
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1. A system for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose but still having an amount of reserve energy, the reserve energy of the dead battery being at a specific DC voltage potential level, said system comprising:
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a boost or step up converter circuit adapted for electrical communication with the dead battery and capable of extracting the reserve energy from the dead battery and boosting a DC voltage potential for the extracted reserve energy to a higher level than the specific DC voltage potential level; a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with an output of the boost or step up converter circuit; and a single cell or capacitor bank in electrical communication with an output of the current limiter circuit, said single cell or capacitor bank adapted for electrical communication to an electrical load device and when the single cell or capacitor bank is charged the single cell or capacitor bank is capable and available for delivering energy to the load device; wherein the current limiter circuit restricts a maximum current delivered to the single cell or capacitor bank from the extracted reserve energy and regulates a charging time for the single cell or capacitor bank using the reserve energy extracted from the dead battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose but still having an amount of reserve energy, the reserve energy of the dead battery being at a specific DC voltage potential level, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of the reserve energy from a battery; (b) boosting or stepping up the specific DC voltage potential level of the extracted reserve energy to a higher DC voltage potential level than the specific DC voltage potential level; and (c) charging a single cell or capacitor bank using the extracted reserve energy boosted or stepped up to the higher DC voltage potential. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for aiding in starting of a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery that has been depleted to an energy level where the battery is unusable for an intended purpose but still having an amount of reserve energy, the reserve energy of the dead battery being at a specific DC voltage potential level, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) extracting at least a portion of the reserve energy from a battery; (b) boosting or stepping up the specific DC voltage potential level of the extracted reserve energy to a higher DC voltage potential level than the specific DC voltage potential level by a boost or step up converter circuit directly or indirectly electrically connected to the battery; (c) regulating the timing of supplying the boosted or stepped up reserve energy and restricting an amount of current that is provided to a single cell or capacitor bank by a current limiter circuit in electrical communication with the single cell or capacitor bank; (d) charging a single cell or capacitor bank using the extracted reserve energy supplied by the current limiter circuit; (e) closing a high power switch in electrical communication with an output line of the single cell or capacitor bank in order to provide electrical communication between the single cell or capacitor bank and a load device; and (f) delivering electrical energy stored in the charged single cell or capacitor bank to a load device to assist the load device in being used for an intended purpose of the load device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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