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US 2004/0000893 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for regulating the load applied to a battery
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsKurt Raichle, Martin Franz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that enables the load applied to a battery to be regulated. Regulation of the load to the battery is based upon a load request from which a set-point is derived in a microprocessor. From this set-point, voltage is either allowed to pass or not to pass through a regulator.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- a battery charger;
- and
- a regulator linked to the battery charger that permits a selected load to pass to a battery.
A method for regulating a load to a battery, comprising:
- receiving a request for a load to apply when charging a battery;
- determining a set-point from the request;
- and
- regulating the load to the battery, in response to the set-point.
1 more element
An apparatus for regulating a load to a battery, comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a load to apply when charging a battery means;
- means for determining a set-point from the request;
- and
- means for regulating the load to the battery means, in response to the set-point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.