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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Noah Singer, White Plains, NY (US);
Steven John Ahladas, Highland, NY (US);
Robert K. Mullady, Highland, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A battery pack configured for discharging to a desired state of charge (SoC) after a fault event that includes a plurality of battery cells and a balancing circuit connected to each of the battery cells. The balancing circuit is configured to measure operational values of each of the battery cells. The battery pack further includes a microcontroller configured to receive the operational values from the balancing circuit, compare the operational values to a prescribed threshold values and issue commands to selectively discharge one or more of the battery cells across the balancing circuit.