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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lyall K. Winger, Waterloo, CA;
Dave G. Rich, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Saad Hasan, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/42 (2006.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); B60L 58/19 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/425 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); B60L 58/19 (2019.02); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery control system includes a battery comprising: first and second terminals; third and fourth terminals; a plurality of individually housed batteries; and a plurality of switches configured to connect ones of the batteries to and from ones of the first, second, third, and fourth terminals. A mode module is configured to set a mode of operation based on at least one of a plurality of present operating parameters. A switch control module is configured to control the plurality of switches based on the mode of operation.