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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mehmet Ozbek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon Pierquet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew David Baglino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 3/28 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 1/10 (2013.01); H02J 3/28 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/022 (2013.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01); Y02E 60/722 (2013.01); Y04S 10/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy storage system includes: a grid tie unit comprising at least one DC/AC converter; and multiple pods connected to the grid tie unit, each pod including: a number of cells; and a power electronics unit, wherein the cells are floating relative to the system and are galvanically isolated therefrom. The multiple pods may be organized into packs, with a pack including a thermal management system.