Battery charge indicator

• US 3,116,451 A
• Filed: 11/23/1960
• Issued: 12/31/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas E. Hatterschide
• Original Assignee: Thomas E. Hatterschide
• Inventors: Hatterschide, Thomas E.
• Application Number:
  US04/071,279
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3865 related to manufacture, e.g. testing after manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 320/21 State of charge of battery

Claims

1. AN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT SUPPLIED TO BATTERY CELL ELEMENTS UNDERGOING FORMATION IN A FORMING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS ARE MOVED BY A CONVEYOR SUPPORT, SAID BATTERY CELL ELEMENTS BEING IMMERSED IN ELECTROLYTE IN SAID CONTAINERS AND CONNECTED IN SERIES TO PROVIDE A CELL BANK WHICH BANK IS CONNECTED TO A PAIR OF CHARGING CURRENTCARRYING BUS BARS BY BRUSHES MOVING WITH SAID CONVEYOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR APPLYING PERIODIC VOLTAGE PULSES TO ONE OF SAID BUS BARS, COUNTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID PULSES, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHARGING CURRENT SUPPLIED TO SAID SERIES CONNECTED CELL ELEMENTS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID COUNTER BY SAID PULSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF SAID CHARGING CURRENT.