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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 12381264 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2021

Programmable battery pack

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Matthew Kirleis, Manassas, VA (US);

John Merk, Manassas, VA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Brian R Ohara

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/48 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01); B64U 60/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/482 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 30/40 (2023.01); B64U 60/60 (2023.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a reconfigurable battery system and method of operating the same. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a state of charge of a battery, determine a closed circuit voltage of the battery, determine a value of a parameter based on a ratio of the state of charge and the closed circuit voltage, and control a switch coupled to the battery based on the value of the parameter, the controlling of the switch to either cause the battery to be coupled to a battery string or cause the battery to be disconnected from the battery string.

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