Portable multi-input remote AA battery chargers
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsYuk Chan, Arek Suszko, Terrill B. Atwater
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Abstract
A portable multi-input remote AA battery charger is provided that can recharge as many as eight (8) AA batteries at once within 100 minutes. This invention's battery charger for rechargeable batteries can also be powered by a number of the currently available military batteries such as the BA-8180, BA-8140, BA-5590, BA-5390, BB-390, BB-2590, and SP4 batteries. The portable multi-input remote AA battery charger includes at least two (2) battery chambers, slots for the AA batteries, a charging circuit, a housing, and a connector. A portable multi-input remote AA battery charger apparatus and a method for charging AA rechargeable batteries with a portable battery charger are also provided.
Claims18
A portable multi-input remote AA battery charger, comprising:
- a first battery chamber;
- a first plurality of battery slots disposed within said first battery chamber;
- a first charging circuit positioned underneath said first battery chamber;
- said first plurality of battery slots being dimensioned to accept a plurality of AA rechargeable batteries;
- said first charging circuit being connected to said first plurality of slots;
- said first battery chamber, said first plurality of slots, and said first charging circuit being installed in a first side of a housing;
- a second battery chamber, a second plurality of battery slots, and a second charging circuit being installed in a second side of said housing, said second charging circuit being connected to said second plurality of battery slots;
- said housing having a male power source connector;
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- said male power source connector provides an electrical recharging input to said first charging circuit and said second charging circuit causing said plurality of AA rechargeable batteries to be rapidly recharged.
A portable multi-input remote AA battery charging apparatus, comprising:
- a first battery chamber;
- a first plurality of battery slots disposed within said first battery chamber;
- a first charging circuit positioned underneath said first battery chamber;
- said first plurality of battery slots being dimensioned to accept a plurality of AA rechargeable batteries;
- said first charging circuit being connected to said first plurality of slots;
- said first battery chamber, said first plurality of slots, and said first charging circuit being installed in a first side of a housing;
- a second battery chamber, a second plurality of battery slots, and a second charging circuit being installed in a second side of said housing, said second charging circuit being connected to said second plurality of battery slots;
- said first plurality of battery slots and said second plurality of battery slots having a plurality of contact points;
- said housing having a male power source connector;
- said first charging circuit and said second charging circuit being located in proximity to one another;
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- said male power source connector provides an electrical recharging input from another battery to said first charging circuit and said second charging circuit causing said plurality of AA rechargeable batteries to be rapidly recharged within 100 minutes.
A method for charging AA rechargeable batteries with a portable multi-input remote AA battery charger, comprising the steps of:
- forming a housing;
- forming a first battery chamber and a second battery chamber;
- disposing a first plurality of battery slots within said first battery chamber;
- dimensioning said first plurality of battery slots to accept a plurality of AA rechargeable batteries;
- positioning a first charging circuit underneath said first battery chamber;
- connecting said first charging circuit to said first plurality of slots;
- installing said first battery chamber, said first plurality of slots, and said first charging circuit in a first side of a housing;
- disposing a second plurality of battery slots within said second battery chamber;
- dimensioning said second plurality of battery slots to accept said plurality of AA rechargeable batteries;
- positioning a second charging circuit underneath said second battery chamber;
- installing said second battery chamber, said second plurality of battery slots, and said second charging circuit in a second side of said housing, said second charging circuit being connected to said second plurality of battery slots;
- connecting the second charging circuit being to the second plurality of battery slots;
- connecting a male power source connector to said housing;
- providing an electrical recharging input from said male power source connector to said first charging circuit and said second charging circuit;
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- rapidly recharging said plurality of AA rechargeable batteries.
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