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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a method for detecting the charge balance of a storage battery for an electric drive vehicle by measuring and summing the charge and discharge currents over time, a plurality of current measuring arrangements are provided. Individual electrical power consumers are each assigned to one of these current measuring arrangements, and the currents detected by the current measuring arrangements are added over time. The consumers are assigned mainly on the basis of their power draws. It is also possible to replace one or more current measuring arrangements by a pulse generator. The power draw of the corresponding consumer is then multiplied by its operating time, determined with a given factor. The current draw of the electric drive is measured in any case.