BATTERY CHARGER

• Main Authors: MEYER GARY D, J J ROSENBACKER, CARL F CHUCHAR, KEVIN L GLASGOW, JOHNSON TODD W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 29.01.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BROACHING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FILING; GENERATION; HAND TOOLS; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SAWING; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for battery charging.SOLUTION: The system comprises a first battery having a Lithium-based chemistry, a second battery having a Lithium-based chemistry, the second battery having a second nominal voltage, the second nominal voltage being different than a first nominal voltage and a battery charger operable to charge the first and second batteries. In an electric combination having the first battery having a Lithium-based chemistry, the second battery having a Lithium-based chemistry, the second battery having the second nominal voltage, the second nominal voltage being different than the first nominal voltage and the battery charger operable to charge the first and second batteries, a method of charging a battery includes the acts of electrically connecting the battery charger and the first battery, charging the first battery, electrically connecting the battery charger and the second battery, and charging the second battery. 【課題】電池を充電する方法およびシステムを提供すること。【解決手段】リチウムベースの化学的性質を有する第１電池と、第１公称電圧とは異なる公称電圧を有する、リチウムベースの化学的性質を有する第２電池と、第１電池および第２電池を充電するように動作可能な電池充電器とを備える。また、リチウムベースの化学的性質を有する第１電池と、第１公称電圧範囲とは異なる第２公称電圧を有する、リチウムベースの化学的性質を有する第２電池と、第１電池および第２電池を充電するように動作可能な電池充電器とを備える電気的な組合せにおいて、電池を充電する方法が、電池充電器と第１電池を電気的に接続するステップ、第１電池を充電するステップ、電池充電器と第２電池を電気的に接続するステップ、および第２電池を充電するステップを含む。【選択図】図４