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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Stanley Canter, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stanley Canter, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery cell balancing system () for a battery () having a plurality of cells () is provided. The system () includes a power supply () and a plurality of transformer/rectifier circuits () electrically coupled to the cells (). Preferential charging occurs for a cell with the lowest state of charge. At least one current limiting device () is electrically coupled to the transformer/rectifier circuits () and the power supply (). The current limiting device () buffers a source voltage from a reflected voltage of at least one of the plurality of cells (). A method of performing the same is also provided.