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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2000
William C. Colley, III, Oberlin, OH (US);
James A. Giancaterino, Sheffield Lake, OH (US);
Marconi Communications, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A battery control system for controlling the connection of a plurality of batteries to a load is provided. The system comprises a plurality of switches and a plurality of controllers. Each switch is operable to connect or disconnect one of the batteries from the load. Each controller is operatively coupled to one of the switches. Each controller is operative to cause one of the switches to disconnect one of the batteries from the load. Each controller has an input and an output for communicating with another controller wherein the controllers communicate with each other to limit the number of batteries that can be disconnected from the loads