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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
John Houldsworth, Reston, VA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G01K 7/427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for measuring a temperature in at least one energy storage unit. They system includes at least one temperature sensor thermally coupled to the at least one energy storage unit, and a battery management controller in communication with the at least one temperature sensor. The battery management controller is configured to process a temperature of the at least one energy storage unit to obtain an internal temperature in the at least one energy storage unit.