Patent ID: 11885853
Assignee: SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 13:
14. A battery charger comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the battery charger at least to:
recognize the battery via a unique identifier;
charge the battery;
monitor conditions of the battery during charging, said conditions including at least one of: a voltage supplied to the battery, a current supplied to the battery and a temperature of the battery while charging the battery;
store data related to the current charging instance based at least partially on the monitored conditions;
retrieve data related to at least one earlier charging instance of the uniquely identified battery; and
determine a state of health of the uniquely identified battery based at least partially on a comparison of data related to the current charging instance and the retrieved data related to at least one earlier charging instance.