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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2023
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mohamed Ahmed Kamel Ahmed, Birmingham, MI (US);

Chandra S. Namuduri, Troy, MI (US);

Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01);
Abstract

A battery system for an electric vehicle includes at least one battery cell configured to store charge for powering an electric vehicle, a high voltage bus electrically coupled with the at least one battery, a DC-DC converter electrically coupled with the battery cell, a low voltage bus electrically connected between the DC-DC converter and at least one vehicle electrical component, and a cell monitor electrically coupled with the at least one battery cell and the DC-DC converter, wherein the cell monitor includes a current sensor configured to detect a current from the at least one battery cell to the DC-DC converter. The cell monitor includes a controller configured to estimate a state of charge of the at least one battery cell according to the current detected by the current sensor, and adjust switching operation of the DC-DC converter according to the current detected by the current sensor.


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