Battery charge maintenance system and method

An electrical system of a vehicle has a starting battery and a reserve battery. The charge of the starting battery is maintained by a charge maintenance device under control of a controller which couples energy from the reserve battery to the starting battery during periods when the vehicle is not b...

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Main Authors W. P. SEGALL, M. E. IVERSON, T. J. DOUGHERTY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.01.2001
Edition7
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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Summary:An electrical system of a vehicle has a starting battery and a reserve battery. The charge of the starting battery is maintained by a charge maintenance device under control of a controller which couples energy from the reserve battery to the starting battery during periods when the vehicle is not being used or during periods of operation where the starting battery voltage requires additional charge.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN19988001238