Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for controlling battery discharge

US5694020A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Lang · Altweilnau, DE
Jurgen Wolf · Kriftel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 1996
Grant date	Dec 2, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S388/937
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to an electrical device in which an electrical load is powered by a battery via an electronic switching device. A display means serves the function of indicating the charge status of the battery, and a time measurement means determines the connection time of the load to the battery. Following expiration of a predetermined connection time of the load to the battery, when the display means indicates the charge status "zero", the time measurement means will disconnect the electrical load from the battery by means of the electronic switching device.

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