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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Tiax Llc, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher H. McCoy, Sherborn, MA (US);
Assignee:
TIAX LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2019.01); G01R 31/385 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/385 (2019.01); G01R 31/025 (2013.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01R 31/36 (2013.01); G01R 31/3865 (2019.01);
Abstract
A method for short detection in a battery pack, the battery pack including a plurality of cells, the method including: connecting a short detection module to the battery pack; determining by the short detection module that the battery pack is at rest; and selecting a first cell in the battery pack for testing for a short, wherein the testing includes: connecting a voltage source to the first cell; measuring a current of the first cell; and determining based on the measured current of the first cell whether the first cell contains a short.