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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Gary P. Houchin-miller, Fox Point, WI (US);
Craig W. Rigby, Bayside, WI (US);
Thomas J. Dougherty, Waukesha, WI (US);
James S. Symanski, Greenfield, WI (US);
Gary P. Houchin-Miller, Fox Point, WI (US);
Craig W. Rigby, Bayside, WI (US);
Thomas J. Dougherty, Waukesha, WI (US);
James S. Symanski, Greenfield, WI (US);
Johnson Controls—Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules electrically coupled together in series. The battery system also includes a first electronic control unit (ECU) configured to act as a master ECU. The master ECU is electronically coupled to a first one of the plurality of battery modules. The battery system further includes a plurality of slave ECUs, wherein each slave ECU is electronically coupled to one of the other of the plurality of battery modules. The master ECU is configured to control whether electrical power is provided to each of the plurality of slave ECUs.