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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Sam Weng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gabriel Risk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sam Weng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gabriel Risk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
ATIEVA, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/441 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a battery system having multiple battery packs. The method includes decoupling the output of a discharged battery pack from the vehicle load, reducing the voltage between an output of a charged battery pack and the vehicle load prior to coupling the output of the charged battery pack to the vehicle load.