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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
All Cell Technologies, Llc, Broadview, IL (US);
Said Al-Hallaj, Chicago, IL (US);
Mohamad M. Salameh, Torrance, CA (US);
Samuel T. Plunkett, Chicago, IL (US);
Chengxiu Chen, Chicago, IL (US);
Stoyan Stoyanov, Chicago, IL (US);
BEAM GLOBAL, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for charging a battery pack including a plurality of electrochemical cells distributed within a thermal management composite matrix, including a phase change material. The method operates upon determining that a battery pack temperature and/or voltage measurement is below a predetermined minimum threshold. The pack temperature and/or the voltage measurement is raised to the predetermined minimum threshold, such as by applying a low current rate, and then the charging rate is increased upon reaching the predetermined minimum threshold. The increased charging rate is further selected based upon a thermal state of charge of the thermal management composite matrix.