Patent ID: 8643325
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. An integrated battery charger, comprising: a casing, for containing charging components, and having a charging block disposed on a surface of the casing, a plurality of charging compartments formed in the charging block for placing a plurality of AA or AAA batteries respectively, and an end of the charging compartment being a positive terminal, and the other end of the charging compartment being a negative terminal, and the casing having a plug connectible to an external power source; an input power source, for converting an external (AC or DC) power into an DC power to charge any one of the batteries in the charging block and supply a reference voltage source to a charging control unit; a voltage control unit and a current control unit, coupled between an input terminal of the charging control unit and the input power source to form a charging circuit, and an output terminal of the charging control unit comprising a plurality of charging current control circuits, such that the charging block forms a plurality of independent separate charging circuits, and an output terminal of each charging circuit is coupled to a positive terminal of each of the charging compartments; a manual switch, with a main body having a switchable insulated operating interface, and the insulated operating interface being exposed from a surface of the casing, and containing (n−1) sets of mechanical switching units (SW a charging control circuit, composed of a contact point a and a contact point c of the charging/discharging control module, and electrically coupled to the input power source, for controlling the ON/OFF of outputting a charging power from the input power source to the charging block; a discharging control switch, comprising an input terminal, an output terminal and a control terminal, and the input terminal being coupled to a positive terminal of the first charging compartment in the charging block, and the output terminal being coupled to a voltage regulator circuit, and the control terminal being electrically coupled to a contact point b of the charging/discharging control module, for controlling the ON/OFF of the input terminal with the output terminal, such that the serially connected and combined discharging current of each battery in the charging block is outputted to the voltage regulator circuit; the voltage regulator circuit, for boosting or stepping down the input power to a predetermined DC voltage; and at least one USB output port, coupled to an output terminal of the voltage regulator circuit, and having a socket exposed from the casing; whereby, when the manual switch switches to a charging mode, each contact point c and each contact point a of all n sets of mechanical switching units (SW 1 ˜SW n ) are turned ON synchronously, such that each battery on the charging circuit is in an independent separate charging mode, and the discharging control switch E is turned OFF synchronously, and the charging control circuit (A) is controlled to turn ON to charge each battery by the charging current, and when the manual switch switches to a discharging mode, each contact point c and each contact point b of all n sets of mechanical switching units (SW 1 ˜SW n ) are turned ON synchronously, such that each battery on the charging circuit is in a serial connected and combined discharging mode, and the charging control circuit (A) is turned OFF and the discharging control switch (E) is turned ON synchronously, such that each battery is serially connected to output the discharging current, so as to form a single manual switch capable of integrating the independent separate charging or the serially connected and combined discharging between the charging and discharging circuits, and synchronously controlling the ON/OFF of the charging current and discharging current.