Battery, device and charger

• US 7,227,333 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2003
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries LLC (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Susumu, Yatsu, Tsunehiko
• Primary Examiner(s): TIBBITS, PIA FLORENCE
• Application Number:
  US10/696,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20050048359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,315 Days
• Field of Search: 320/106, 320/116, 320/132, 713/300
• US Class Current: 320/106
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery comprising a storage section for storing battery management information transmitted/received to/from outside through a communicator; wherein, the battery management information is at least either available device information on a device which can use the battery or chargeable charger information on a charger which can charge the battery.

Claims

1. A battery comprising

a storage section in which information for identifying a device able to use the battery is stored;

a communication control circuit for controlling reading out the information for identifying the device from the storage section; and

a serial-parallel converter for transmitting the read-out information for identifying a device though a serial bus,

wherein the information for identifying the device able to use the battery is stored in the storage section of the battery at the time of shipment from a manufacturer.

2. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the information for identifying a device identifies a charger device able to charge the battery.