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Electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. Elektrische Schaltung zur Kontrolle des Ladezustandes einer Batterie in Kraftfahrzeugen

Abstract

The invention concerns an electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. The circuit consists of a transistor, whose collector is connected via a series resistance and a Zener diode to the positive pole of the battery. The breakdown voltage of the Zener diode is about 12 volts. The emitter of the transistor is connected via an LED to earth. A second LED is connected in parallel with the collector-emitter circuit of the transistor, which works via a voltage divider. This voltage divider reduces the voltage at the LED with the transistor which is conducting to about 0.7 volts. A second Zener diode connected via a series resistance to the positive pole is also provided. Its breakdown voltage is 15 volts.
Authors:
Publication Date:
May 27, 1981
Product Type:
Patent
Report Number:
DE 2933546; C
Reference Number:
FRG-84-13275; EDB-84-184399
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; CHARGE STATE; ELECTRIC CONTROLLERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; AUTOMOBILES; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; EQUIPMENT; VEHICLES; 250903* - Energy Storage- Batteries- Materials, Components, & Auxiliaries
OSTI ID:
6369335
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Availability:
Deutsches Patentamt, Muenchen, Germany, F.R.
Submitting Site:
DE
Size:
Pages: 7
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Gamulescu, A. Electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. Elektrische Schaltung zur Kontrolle des Ladezustandes einer Batterie in Kraftfahrzeugen. Germany: N. p., 1981. Web.
Gamulescu, A. Electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. Elektrische Schaltung zur Kontrolle des Ladezustandes einer Batterie in Kraftfahrzeugen. Germany.
Gamulescu, A. 1981. "Electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. Elektrische Schaltung zur Kontrolle des Ladezustandes einer Batterie in Kraftfahrzeugen." Germany.
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title = {Electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. Elektrische Schaltung zur Kontrolle des Ladezustandes einer Batterie in Kraftfahrzeugen}
author = {Gamulescu, A}
abstractNote = {The invention concerns an electrical circuit for checking the state of charge of a vehicle battery. The circuit consists of a transistor, whose collector is connected via a series resistance and a Zener diode to the positive pole of the battery. The breakdown voltage of the Zener diode is about 12 volts. The emitter of the transistor is connected via an LED to earth. A second LED is connected in parallel with the collector-emitter circuit of the transistor, which works via a voltage divider. This voltage divider reduces the voltage at the LED with the transistor which is conducting to about 0.7 volts. A second Zener diode connected via a series resistance to the positive pole is also provided. Its breakdown voltage is 15 volts.}
place = {Germany}
year = {1981}
month = {May}
}