Appeal No. 1998-1796
Application No. 08/408,154
motor is provided which operates to suppress the regenerative
energy supplied to a battery. In Kamaike, as illustrated in
Figure 3 and described beginning at column 3, line 56, the
control circuitry 14 operates to control the amount of power
supplied to battery 4 in order to equalize the charging and
discharging rate. We find no control of motor 6, however,
which operates to suppress the amount of regenerative energy
supplied to battery 4 as claimed.
Similarly, in Sun, we find no suppression of supplied
regenerative energy from motor/generator 16 to battery 22.
While the motor/generator 16 operates to rapidly charge and
discharge the SMES energy storage device 20, which in turn
provides a slow charge and discharge to battery 22, this
battery charge from SMES 20 occurs without limit (Sun, column
8, lines 25-28). Further, although Sun suggests a battery
charge limit (column 8,
line 22-24), this passage refers to the operation of charger
generator 34 which is controlled by gasoline engine 10 and not
the battery powered motor generator 16.
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