Battery charge testing apparatus

• US 20050253590A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Sutherland
• Original Assignee: John Sutherland
• Inventors: Sutherland, John
• Application Number:
  US11/112,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20050253590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/007 Indication of measured value by tactile means
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators

Abstract

A method and apparatus for testing a charge of a battery. The battery which is to be tested is connected to a device which generates at least one of tactile vibrations or auditory vibrations. A magnitude of a charge of the battery is determined by a magnitude of vibrations generated.

Claims

1. A method of testing a charge of a battery, comprising the step of:

connecting a battery which is to be tested to a device which generates at least one of tactile vibrations or auditory vibrations and determining a magnitude of a charge of the battery by a magnitude of vibrations generated by the vibrator.

2. A battery charge testing apparatus constructed in accordance with the teachings of the method of claim 1.

3. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 2, comprising:

a body;

a vibrator mounted to the body adapted to generate at least one of tactile vibrations or auditory vibrations;

an electrical circuit in the body supplying power to the vibrator;

a first external electrical contact connected to the electrical circuit;

a second external electrical contact connected to the electrical circuit, such that when the first external electrical contact is in contact with a first pole of a battery and the second external electrical contact is in contact with a second pole of the battery, the vibrator vibrates with a magnitude of a charge of the battery determining a magnitude of the vibrations.

4. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the first external electrical contact and the second external electrical contact are positioned on an external surface of the body.

5. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the first external electrical contact is positioned on a first umbilical cord extending from the body and the second external electrical contact is positioned on a second umbilical cord extending from the body.

6. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the body has more than one electrical circuit and a selector switch is positioned on an external surface of the body to select one of the more than one electrical circuits depending upon the type of battery to be tested.

7. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the vibrator generates tactile vibrations.

8. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the vibrator generates auditory vibrations.

9. The battery charge testing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the vibrator generates both tactile vibrations and auditory vibrations.