PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920888
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["320", "113000"]

Abstract:
A charger ( 5 ) includes connecting parts ( 31, 32 ), a main converter ( 83 ), charging paths (Cpa, Cpb), switching elements (SWa, SWb), and a charging-control part ( 200 ). A first battery (Ba) having a first mounting part ( 11 ) and a second battery (Bb) having a second, different mounting part ( 21 ) are respectively mountable on the connecting parts ( 31, 32 ). The charging paths (Cpa, Cpb) respectively connect the main converter ( 83 ) to the connecting parts ( 31, 32 ). The switching elements (SWa, SWb) respectively connect or disconnect the charging paths (Cpa, Cpb) to/from the main converter ( 83 ). The charging-control part ( 200 ) selects one of the batteries (Ba, Bb) as the charging target and sets the charging path, to which the charging target (Ba, Bb) is connected, to the connected state. Then, the charger ( 5 ) charges the charging target to a predetermined voltage using a charging current suited to the charging target.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for charging two battery packs having differing mounting parts using a single charger, comprising:\n physically and electrically connecting a first mounting part of a first slide-mountable battery pack to a first charging port of the charger; physically and electrically connecting a second mounting part of a second slide-mountable battery pack to a second charging port of the charger, the second charging port differing from the first charging port such that the first slide-mountable battery pack is not mountable on the second charging port and the second slide-mountable battery pack is not mountable on the first charging port; selecting one of the first battery pack and the second battery pack as a first charging target, closing a first switch in a first charging path that connects a power supply circuit to the one of the first charging port or the second charging port that is connected to the first charging target, opening a second switch in a second charging path that connects the power supply circuit to the other of the first charging port or the second charging port that is not connected to the first charging target, using the power supply circuit, generating a charging current that is suited for charging the first charging target, supplying the charging current to the first charging target to charge the first charging target, terminating the charging of the first charging target when the first charging target has been charged to a first predetermined voltage, selecting the other of the first battery pack and the second battery pack, which was not charged to the predetermined voltage, as a second charging target, closing the second switch in the second charging path that connects the power supply circuit to the one of the first charging port or the second charging port that is connected to the second charging target, opening the first switch in the first charging path that connects the power supply circuit to the other of the first charging port or the second charging port that is connected to the first charging target, using the power supply circuit, generating a charging current that is suited for charging the second charging target, supplying the charging current to the second charging target to charge the second charging target, and terminating the charging of the second charging target when the second charging target has been charged to a second predetermined voltage that differs from the first predetermined voltage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.11765
- Patent Class: 320.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10754762', '11212583', '10395432', '12844152', '15015263']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7318381710226568
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4884169875299046
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7074960526733817
- Mean Citation Score: 190.634886
- Max Citation Score: 195.94876
- Similarity Product: 125.1930958052492

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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