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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 11728661 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2021

Battery management system

Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Kirleis, Manassas, VA (US);

John Merk, Manassas, VA (US);

Theodor Hoffer-Schaefer, Manassas, VA (US);

Assignee:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Attorney:

Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman

Primary Examiner:

Zixuan Zhou

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0018 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 7/0025 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a reconfigurable battery system and method of operating the same. The reconfigurable battery system comprising a plurality of switchable battery modules, a battery supervisory circuit, and a battery pack controller, where the plurality of switchable battery modules electrically arranged in series to define a battery string defining an output voltage. The battery pack controller operable to connect the battery string to the external bus via a pre-charge switch to perform a pre-charge cycle.

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