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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
B2u Storage Solutions Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Freeman Stoflet Hall, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Edward Adolph Becker, Champaign, IL (US);
Michael Joseph Stern, Westlake Village, CA (US);
B2U Storage Solutions Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy storage system and method employing second-life electric vehicle batteries. The system includes a plurality of electric vehicle battery packs; and a processor configured to: couple the plurality of electric vehicle battery packs in a series/parallel arrangement, the series/parallel arrangement including a plurality of series strings of electric vehicle battery packs, each of the plurality of series strings of electric vehicle battery packs includes at least two of the plurality of electric vehicle battery packs coupled in series, and the plurality of series strings are connected in parallel; and wherein the coupling of the plurality of electric vehicle battery packs includes one or more of connecting electric vehicle battery packs with lower voltages in series, connecting electric vehicle battery packs with higher voltages in series, connecting electric vehicle battery packs with majority voltages in series, and connecting electric vehicle battery packs within a programmed voltage connection window in parallel.