Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge control device and image forming apparatus including charge control device
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Application No.: US14693099Application Date: 2015-04-22
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Publication No.: US09966767B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Yuhei Tatsumoto , Tomonobu Tamura , Satoshi Teshima
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2014-091366 20140425
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A charge control device uses external electricity to charge a plurality of battery devices. A constant current source uses the external electricity to generate and adjust an output current amount to a constant target value. A selector selects one battery device from the plurality of battery devices and supplies output current from the constant current source to the one battery device. A measurer measures an amount of actual current flowing from the constant current source to the one battery device. An instructor monitors a measured value provided by the measurer and instructs the selector, when the measured value meets a condition for a reduction of charging current amount to be regarded as having occurred, to change a destination to which the output current of the constant current source is supplied from the one battery device to a different battery device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150311731A1 CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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