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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Martin Eberhard, Woodside, CA (US);
Marc Tarpenning, Woodside, CA (US);
Jessica Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Diamond, San Matteo, CA (US);
Jaime Camhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Martin Eberhard, Woodside, CA (US);
Marc Tarpenning, Woodside, CA (US);
Jessica Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Diamond, San Matteo, CA (US);
Jaime Camhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a plurality of battery cells with a control circuit coupled to the plurality of battery cells, includes: supplying the control circuit with electrical energy from the coupled battery cells; determining a number of battery cells coupled to the control circuit; and automatically adapting a power consumption drawn from the battery cells in response to the number of coupled battery cells.