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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Joachim Fetzer, Bad-Ditzenbach, DE;
Hans-Joerg Wolff, Schorndorf, DE;
Hans Partes, Asperg, DE;
Stefan Butzmann, SchalksmĂĽhle, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for battery module balancing of a battery, which comprises at least one battery module string, wherein the at least one battery module string has a plurality of battery modules connected in series or parallel, wherein each battery module has a single or a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel or in series and a coupling unit which is designed to switch on and off the battery module, said method comprising the steps of: determining a battery module state of at least two battery modules; switching off individual battery modules having a low battery module state, wherein the low state is defined by a defined ratio to an initial state of the battery modules or by a result of a comparison of all detected battery module states.