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US 7,459,882 B2Granted
Rechargeable batteries
OwnerRichard Morganinventor
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Abstract
An improved rechargeable battery which comprises: a plurality of battery cells connected together to discharge in parallel, each of the cells, or each group or groups of the cells having its own respective recharging input; and an electrical switching circuit to switch a number of the battery cells or groups of cells to connect to their respective recharging input for recharging each cell or group of cells individually.
Claims29
A rechargeable battery which comprises:
- a plurality of packs, each pack comprising one cell or a plurality of cells connected together in series and having a common and another terminal;
- a shared line to which the common terminal of each pack is connected;
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- one or more switching means,
- each of said packs' another terminals being connected to one of said one or more switching means, each switching means being arranged to join and separate the another terminals of battery packs joined to said switching means such that each pack connected to the switching means is switched to a separate recharging input for recharging.
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