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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Liebherr-components Biberach Gmbh, Biberach an der Riss, DE;
Wolfgang Schuster, Bad Waldsee, DE;
Sven Welser, Aepfingen, DE;
Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH, Biberach an der Riss, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an electrical energy storage apparatus having a plurality of electrical storage cells connected in series and to an inductive balun for balancing the storage cell voltages, wherein the balun has a balancer transformer having separate single coils for the storage cells and has a respective electric switch for each storage cell. Provision is made in accordance with the invention that the coils of the balancer transformer are connected to a pole of the respective storage cell via a respective at least one inductance and a switch connected to the named inductance, with the switch associated with one respective storage cell being connected via a diode to a pole of a storage cell respective arranged upstream or downstream.