System and method for charging a battery
OwnerRobert DiGiovanna, Edward Cantilloinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for recharging a rechargeable battery. A battery charger includes a measuring element to measure a temperature of the rechargeable battery, the battery charger disables a charge to the rechargeable batter when the temperature is greater than a first predetermined threshold, the measuring element re-measures the temperature of the battery after a predetermined time period from the disabling of the charge and the battery charger enables the charge when the re-measured temperature is less than a second predetermined threshold, wherein the second predetermined threshold is based on the first predetermined threshold.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- measuring a temperature of a battery to be recharged;
- disabling a battery charger when the temperature is greater than a first predetermined threshold;
- enabling the battery charger after a predetermined time period;
- re-measuring the temperature of the battery;
- and
- recharging the battery when the re-measured temperature is less than a second predetermined threshold, where the second predetermined threshold is based on the first predetermined threshold.
A system, comprising:
- a rechargeable battery;
- and
- a battery charger including a measuring element to measure a temperature of the rechargeable battery, the battery charger disabling a charge to the rechargeable batter when the temperature is greater than a first predetermined threshold, the measuring element re-measuring the temperature of the battery after a predetermined time period from the disabling of the charge and the battery charger enabling the charge when the re-measured temperature is less than a second predetermined threshold, wherein the second predetermined threshold is based on the first predetermined threshold.
A system, comprising:
- a measuring means for measuring a temperature of a rechargeable battery;
- a disabling means for disabling a charge to the rechargeable batter when the temperature is greater than a first predetermined threshold, wherein the measuring means re-measures the temperature of the battery after a predetermined time period from the disabling of the charge;
- and
- an enabling means for enabling the charge when the re-measured temperature is less than a second predetermined threshold, wherein the second predetermined threshold is based on the first predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.