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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Wand, Canton, MI (US);
Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, South Lyon, MI (US);
Richard Mo, Dearborn, MI (US);
Graham L. Briggs, Detroit, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery monitoring integrated circuit (BMIC) associated with a grouping of battery cells, a calibration microcontroller configured to store battery data associated with the grouping of battery cells, a main microcontroller; and a data transmission node establishing a shared path for communicating both a status signal from the BMIC and the battery data from the calibration microcontroller.