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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Inventors:
Alan Patrick Cahill, Edinburgh, GB;
Uwe Broeckelmann, Issing, DE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2026.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for modules in a battery stack to provide backup power to their neighbor modules thereby permitting the neighboring cell to activate bypass switches, which can effectively remove a module's associated battery cells from the charge/discharge loop and permit the battery to continue safe operations. This mechanism can be a cost-effective technique of providing backup power.