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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lewis Romeo Hom, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Robert Viele, Crozet, VA (US);
Scott Furman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A metric is received for each battery sub-module in a plurality of battery sub-modules in order to obtain a plurality of metrics associated with the plurality of battery sub-modules. One or more battery sub-modules are selected from the plurality of battery sub-modules to electrically connect to a common power bus. The selected battery sub-modules are configured so that the selected battery sub-modules are electrically connected to the common power bus. The selected battery sub-modules that are electrically connected to the common power bus are charged.