Carrying cases for electronic flares or other electronic signal emitting devices and related systems and methods.

In some examples, a controller circuit comprises: a voltage subtractor circuit having a subtractor output and first and second subtractor inputs, in which the first subtractor input is adapted to be coupled to a first current terminal of a transistor, the second subtractor input is adapted to be coupled to a second current terminal of the transistor; a gate control circuit having a gate control input and a gate control output, the gate control input coupled to the subtractor output, the gate control output adapted to be coupled to a gate of the transistor; and a discharge circuit having a discharge circuit input and a discharge circuit output, the discharge circuit input coupled to the gate control circuit, the discharge circuit output adapted to be coupled to the first current terminal of the transistor.

A method of managing a battery is disclosed. The method is capable of efficiently managing a battery by measuring a state of charge (SOC) and an energy storage amount of the battery within a short time. A battery management system and an electric vehicle charging system having the battery management system are also disclosed.

An anti-backflow charging circuit and an electronic device are provided. The anti-backflow charging circuit includes: a charging circuit, an input current detection circuit, an output current detection circuit, and a control module. An input of the charging circuit is connected to a power adapter, and an output of the charging circuit is connected to a battery. The input current detection circuit is connected between the power adapter and the charging circuit, to detect an input current. The output current detection circuit is connected between the charging circuit and the battery, to detect a battery output current. The control module is separately connected to the charging circuit, the input current detection circuit, and the output current detection circuit.

A universal charging device and a universal charging method thereof is disclosed. An AC voltage is converted into a DC charging voltage. At least two first charging processes are sequentially performed. In each first charging process, the DC charging voltage is adjusted to be larger than the terminal voltage of a battery based on the terminal voltage and the DC charging voltage charges the battery. The DC charging voltage generates a DC charging current and a pulse current to flow through the battery until the terminal voltage is equal to the DC charging voltage. A voltage across the battery established by the pulse current satisfies a charged condition. When the terminal voltage is equal to the DC charging voltage, the DC charging current is converted into a decreasing trickle current until the value of the trickle current is decreased to a triggered current value.

A control device for controlling charging of a rechargeable battery, the control device including a rechargeable dummy cell, a first circuit configured to charge the battery and the dummy cell, and a second circuit configured to measure the open circuit voltage of the dummy cell. The control device is configured to: determine the open circuit voltage of the dummy cell by using the second circuit, and determine the maximum capacity increment of the battery, which is to be charged until full charging, based on the determined open circuit voltage of the dummy cell. Also, a corresponding method of controlling charging of a rechargeable battery.

A battery state estimating apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a state estimator, a power estimator, and a determiner. The state estimator estimates a state of a battery. The power estimator estimates first power amount charged/discharged by the battery within a charging/discharging period, based on the state. The determiner compares the first power amount with second power amount inputted/outputted to/from the battery within the charging/discharging period and thereby determines validity of the state.

A method for charging a battery of a hearing instrument is disclosed. The method may comprise obtaining (110) a discharge function as a relationship between a battery charge and a voltage of the battery. The method may further comprise obtaining (112) a desired runtime capacity to be achieved by charging the battery. The method may further comprise determining (114) a charging voltage taking into account at least the discharge function and/or the desired runtime capacity. The method may further comprise charging (116) the battery with the determined charging voltage. The method may improve battery longevity while at the same time ensuring that a desired runtime capacity is provided. Furthermore, a charging system (200) for charging a battery of a hearing instrument and a computer program product are disclosed.

An embodiment of this application provides a charging control method and device and a power management controller. The charging control method includes: determining whether battery status of a battery pack meets preset conditions, where the battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, and the preset conditions are: the battery pack has been left standing for a preset duration, and an open-circuit voltage of each battery cell in the battery pack falls within a preset range; and charging the battery pack based on a charging policy corresponding to a determining result, so that a capacity of a battery cell with a highest remaining capacity in the battery pack reaches a nominal capacity of the battery cell with the highest remaining capacity.

A battery control device that controls a battery assembly includes a first determining unit that determines whether a voltage difference between minimum and maximum values of OCVs of battery cells constituting the battery assembly and having an SOC-OCV characteristic curve including a flat region is equal to or larger than a predetermined voltage value, a second determining unit that determines whether the OCV of each battery cell is lower than a lower-limit voltage of the flat region, or is equal to or higher than the lower-limit voltage and lower than an upper-limit voltage, or is higher than the upper-limit voltage, a controller that executes control selected from SOC raising control, SOC lowering control, and SOC keeping control of the battery cells, based on determination results of the first and second determining units, and a processor that homogenizes the SOCs of the battery cells controlled by the controller.