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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11043823 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2018

System and method for facilitating conditioning and testing of rechargeable battery cells

Applicant:

Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Matthews, Reno, NV (US);

Turner Caldwell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Martin Sukup, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

Primary Examiner:

M Baye Diao

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/6552 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); G01R 1/067 (2013.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/049 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 10/446 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6552 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/615 (2015.04); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment can provide a system for conditioning rechargeable battery cells. The system can include a cell-group conditioning module. The cell-group conditioning module can include a cell interface block that includes a cell contact module and a circuit module. The circuit module can be configured to supply power to cells and can be positioned adjacent to the cell contact module. The cell-group conditioning module can further include a cell platform configured to accommodate a number of cells and an actuation mechanism coupled to the cell interface block or the cell platform and configured to reduce a distance between the cell interface block and cell platform, thereby allowing the cell contact module to establish electrical contact with the cells.

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