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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Victor Marten, Flushing, NY (US);
Inventor:
Victor Marten, Flushing, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sendyne Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0019 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01);
Abstract
A topology is described in which each pair of cells in a string shares a single inductor. Switches permit the single inductor to selectively charge one or the other of the cells. In a variant of the topology, the inductor together with additional switches permit selectively charging multiple cells simultaneously (even one or both cells simultaneously in a pair of cells), drawing upon either an external energy source or upon one or multiple other cells in the string. In this way the number of inductors is minimized while providing isolation among the charging circuits.