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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Markus Ekström, Gothenburg, SE;
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a battery arrangement. The battery arrangement including a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of battery cell controllers forming a plurality of slave nodes, wherein each battery cell controller of the battery cell controllers is connected to at least one terminal associated with at least one battery cell of the battery cells and includes at least a power electronics arrangement for selectively connecting or disconnecting with the at least one terminal. The battery cell arrangement further includes a master node broadcasting a control information message to the slave nodes, wherein the control information message enables each of the slave nodes to generate an electrical signal with one or more characteristics based on the control information message, by controlling its power electronics arrangement.