In addition, over a dozen specific changes are being made to the design of the battery and its charger, such as adding more insulation to prevent the spread of overheating from one cell to another.
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed last week they are still working to find what sparked the malfunctions, while Japanese regulators ruled out the battery and its charger, manufactured by Japanese firm GS Yuan, as the cause.
It said it would now widen its probe to look at the battery charger and the auxiliary power unit.
The next step for the safety board will occur on Tuesday in Tucson, Arizona, where the battery charger and power starter unit will be tested and relevant data downloaded.
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Furthermore, the costs would be shared by key suppliers, such as Thales (power conversion prime), GS Yuasa (battery supplier), and Securaplane (a Meggitt subsidiary in charge of the battery charger), as their recent market sell-off indicates.
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TI's bq51050B is the industry's first Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) 1.1 Qi-compliant wireless power receiver with integrated direct battery charger, and enables faster, more efficient charging of smartphones, wireless keyboards and other portable electronics.
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Via the integrated on-board charging componentry and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), the battery can reach full charge within approximately two and a half hours when connected to a 240V power source.
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The NTSB said a group of experts would meet in Arizona this week, where the battery charger is manufactured by Securaplane Technologies, to test and examine the part.
Also included in the package are a charger, an antenna and a 1500 mAh NiMH battery that promises up to two hours of talk or 36 hours of standby time.
According to Ford, a fully depleted battery takes less than 3 hours to charge using a 220V charger, and 7 hours with a drop cord plugged into to a household wall socket, hillbilly style.
Now the battery is easily removable and can be charged in all sorts of ways, like clipping it into a charger powered by a car battery or solar panel.
The Mobee Magic Charger does away with that nonsense with its inductive charging mini-USB base station and battery pack that slots into Apple's mouse -- no special sleeve or bulky appendage required unlike many after-market inductive charging solutions.
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Included in the box: a power charger, USB 2.0 cable, a belt clip-type thing, replaceable battery, and headphones.
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