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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Christina M. Lampe-onnerud, Framingham, MA (US);
Yanning Song, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Richard V. Chamberlain, Ii, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Per Onnerud, Framingham, MA (US);
Christina M. Lampe-Onnerud, Framingham, MA (US);
Yanning Song, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Richard V. Chamberlain, II, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Per Onnerud, Framingham, MA (US);
Boston-Power, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A storage voltage of a battery pack is controlled with control electronics. The storage voltage of a battery pack is sensed, and a discharge mechanism is triggered if the storage voltage is within a predetermined range of voltage, to thereby adjust the storage voltage of the battery pack to below the predetermined range of voltage, or if the storage voltage is at or above a predetermined voltage, to thereby adjust the storage voltage of the battery pack to below the predetermined voltage. Control electronics sense a storage voltage of a battery pack and trigger a discharge mechanism if the storage voltage is within a predetermined range of voltage, to thereby adjust the storage voltage of the battery pack to below the predetermined range of voltage, or if the storage voltage is at or above a predetermined voltage, to thereby adjust the storage voltage of the battery pack to below the predetermined voltage. The control electronics are coupled to an electronic device and a battery pack. The control electronics are either implemented into the electronic device or the battery pack, or in a separate control electronic device.