Charging device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8975870
APP PUB NO 20120001595A1
SERIAL NO

13255566

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A charging device supplies charge current to a battery group having plural secondary batteries connected in series to perform charging. In the charging device, a discharge route circuit for discharging charge current to be supplied to the secondary battery when the battery voltage of the secondary battery exceeds a predetermined voltage while charging is provided to every secondary battery. Also provided is a cut-off circuit for cutting off the discharge route circuit from each secondary battery after charging is completed. Discharge at a discharge route circuit is suppressed and energy efficiency is increased.

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IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO LTDTOKYO 103-0004
JPS CO LTDNEOPOLICE 309 1189-21 OAZA SHIMOTOMI TOKOROZAWA-SHI SAITAMA TOKOROZAWA-SHI 359-0001
TOKYO RECTIFIER CO LTD30-10 SYUKUGAWARA 5-CHOME TAMA-KU KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA KAWASAKI-SHI 214-0021

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Honda, Yoshihiro Tokorozawa, JP 18 167
Kato, Akitoshi Kawasaki, JP 13 143
Maruyama, Tomomi Konosu, JP 5 83
Saiki, Eiji Konosu, JP 4 63

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