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US 6,188,554 B1Granted
Protecting circuit of a charger without spark
OwnerLee Hsin-Chih Chunginventor
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Abstract
A sensing terminal and a receptacle are installed in a charge battery and a charger, respectively. During charging, a charging circuit within the charger will detect whether the battery is pulled out from the charger. If the battery is pulled out, the power source will be turned off in a very short time so that no voltage will be sent from the terminal of the charger in order to protect the charger. As the charge battery is pulled out from the charger, no spark is generated and the battery is prevented from being burned out.
Claims4
A charger without spark, comprising:
- a receptacle having holes for receiving positive and negative charging terminals and a sensing terminal of a charge battery, said sensing terminal being shorter than said charging terminals;
- a protecting circuit including an SCR being connected between a power source and a receptacle hole corresponding to said positive charging terminal, and an integrated circuit having a sensing pin connected to a receptacle hole corresponding to said sensing terminal, and a control signal pin for turning on or off said SCR based on a voltage detected at said sensing pin;
- wherein said integrated circuit detects voltage variation of said sensing terminal and turns off said SCR by means of said control signal pin while said sensing terminal is disconnected from said receptacle before said charging terminals are disconnected so that no spark is generated while said charge battery is pulled out from said charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.