A battery device with a C-rate of 1 C includes a battery cell, a protection chip, and a microcontroller. The protection chip is electrically connected to the battery cell, determines whether to activate the protection mechanism of the battery device according to the state of the battery cell. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the protection chip, detects the RSOC of the battery cell. When an external power supply is electrically coupled to the battery device, and the RSOC of the battery cell is lower than 50%, the microcontroller controls the battery cell to perform a fast charging not over 10 minutes. During the 10 minutes of fast charging, the protection chip activates the protection mechanism, or the microcontroller detects that the battery cell has changed from a CC state to a CV state, the microcontroller stops the fast charging and restores the C-rate of the battery cell to 1 C.

An example may include a battery cell and a controller configured to control charging of the battery cell, using a charging switch. The controller may be configured to adjust a charging current supplied to the battery cell by controlling the charging switch to prevent a voltage of a load from being less than a reference voltage when a voltage of the battery cell is equal to or less than the reference voltage while power is being supplied to the battery pack and the load connected to the battery pack.

Apparatuses and methods for regulating a system rail voltage of a battery charger is described. An integrated circuit can be configured to detect a condition that requires an activation of a trickle charge mode of a battery charger. The integrated circuit can, in response to the detection, set a reference voltage to an intermediate voltage level. The reference voltage can control a system rail voltage of the battery charger, and the intermediate voltage level can be greater than a minimum of the system rail voltage. The integrated circuit can reduce the reference voltage from the intermediate voltage level to the minimum system rail voltage to regulate the system rail voltage at a predefined rate.

A discharging control method and a charging control method for a rechargeable battery, and the rechargeable battery. An electric system of the rechargeable battery comprises a lithium ion cell and a discharging control circuit, and a charging control circuit. A positive electrode of the lithium ion cell is electrically connected to a common ground end (GND) of the charging and/or discharging control circuit, so that the common ground end (GND) serves as a positive electrode (P) of the charging input and/or discharging output of the rechargeable battery; a negative electrode of the lithium ion cell is electrically connected to an output end of the charging control circuit and an input end of the discharging control circuit; and the input end of the charging control circuit and the output end of the discharging control circuit are electrically connected to a negative electrode (N) of the rechargeable battery.

A storage battery control device controls a power storage system including a plurality of storage batteries connected in series with a load, a bypass unit configured to bypass the storage battery, and a control device. The control device is configured to execute: a detection process of, during a first discharge period in which a voltage value at discharge is equal to or less than a first discharge threshold value, detecting a zero current state in which the current value detected by a current sensor becomes zero; and a first bypass process of, in response to detecting the zero current state in the detection process, bypassing a storage battery having a voltage value or a state of charge equal to or less than the first discharge threshold value by the bypass unit.

This disclosure relates to a combination of a sensing device and a charging system. The sensing device is configured to be applied to a surface of an absorbent article for sensing a characteristic of moisture in the absorbent article, and it is configured such that a transmitter for transmitting data from the sensing device is attached or attachable to the sensing device. The charging system is configured to charge a transmitter battery, and it is configured such that a transmitter, which is attached or attachable to the sensing device, is also attachable to the charging device.

This application provides a charge current test method and device, and a charge test system. The method includes: charging a to-be-tested battery at a first current under a first temperature until a voltage of the to-be-tested battery reaches a preset cutoff voltage, stopping charging whenever an increment of a state-of-charge value of the to-be-tested battery reaches a preset value during the charging of the to-be-tested battery, and continuing to charge after a duration of stopping charging reaches a first preset time length; calculating an impedance of the to-be-tested battery during the first preset time length; and determining, based on the impedance, a maximum state-of-charge value that is allowed to be reached when the charging is performed at the first current under the first temperature.

This application provides a method and a device for estimating a remaining charging time of a battery, and a battery management system. The method includes: determining a minimum charging time of each type of battery cell at a K.sup.th charging phase based on a charge request current value of each type of battery cell at the K.sup.th charging phase; and determining the remaining charging time of the battery when the K.sup.th charging phase of any type of battery cell in the battery is a target state-of-charge phase, where the remaining charging time of the battery is a smallest one of accumulation values, each accumulation value being an accumulation of minimum charging times of a type of battery cell in the battery at all charging phases.

The present application provides a method for managing charging in a battery swapping station. The method includes: receiving, by the first management unit, a wireless communication connection instruction transmitted by a management device of the battery swapping station, wherein the connection instruction includes a network location address of a second management unit of a battery pack; initiating, by the first management unit, a wireless communication connection to the second management unit based on the network location address; uploading, by the first management unit, battery status information of the battery pack acquired from the second management unit to the management device; and under a condition that the first management unit receives a charging instruction transmitted by the management device based on the battery status information, controlling, by the first management unit via an interaction with the second management unit and the charging unit, the charging unit to charge the battery pack.

Methods and apparatus for wireless power transfer and communications are provided. In one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system comprises an external transmit resonator configured to transmit wireless power, an implantable receive resonator configured to receive the transmitted wireless power from the transmit resonator, and a user interface device comprising a resonant coil circuit, the resonant coil circuit being configured to receive magnetic communication signals from the transmit resonator or the receive resonator and to display information relating to the magnetic communication signals to a user of the user interface device.