Self protecting pre-charge circuit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8766602
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13220126

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A battery charging system includes a pre-charge control circuit for electrically coupling a plurality of power supply terminals to a plurality of load terminals. The pre-charge control circuit includes a plurality of switching elements for selectively coupling at least one of the plurality of power supply terminals and one of the plurality of power supply using one of a pre-charge current path and a standard charge current path. The pre-charge current path includes at least one pre-charge resistor in series with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor.

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ENERDEL INC8740 HAGUE ROAD BLDG 7 INDIANAPOLIS IN 46256

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Kimes, Justin Ian Indianapolis, US 1 19

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