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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2008
Pierre Sardat, Le Raincy, FR;
Jean-claude Matt, Dijon, FR;
Hugues Doffin, Chatenay Malabry, FR;
Bruno Dessirier, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Pierre Sardat, Le Raincy, FR;
Jean-Claude Matt, Dijon, FR;
Hugues Doffin, Chatenay Malabry, FR;
Bruno Dessirier, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur, Creteil, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to an energy storage device, particularly for an automobile, that comprises: an assembly () of serially-connected energy storage cells; a balancing circuit adapted for balancing the cells during the discharge thereof by enabling the flow of one or more balancing currents in one or more cells of the assembly (); optionally a diagnosis system () for providing at least one piece of information associated with at least one cell in the assembly; wherein the balancing circuit () is adapted for controlling the balancing current(s) based at least on external information independent from the energy-storage cell assembly and/or information associated with at least one of the cells and provided by the optional diagnosis system.