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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Elite Power Innovations, Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alan Worry, Campbell, CA (US);
John Ellis Corman, Kitchener, CA;
Stefan Erik Janhunen, Waterloo, CA;
Jonathan Thomas Malton, Kitchener, CA;
Nathanael Dimitro Wennyk, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
ELITE POWER INNOVATIONS, LLC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/50 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); G01R 31/025 (2013.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery management system is provided that controls at least a stack of battery cells. The battery management system may detect stack voltage and current. Characteristics of each battery cell in the stack may be monitored. The battery management system may detect ground fault within the stack of battery cells. Communication breakdown and/or failure in the battery management system may also be detected.