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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Jong-woon Yang, Yongin-si, KR;
Tetsuya Okada, Yongin-si, KR;
Eui-jeong Hwang, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Gongse-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An energy storage system having a number of trays with each tray having a number of battery cells in which power is controllably stored and discharged. A first Battery Management System (BMS) is electrically coupled to a tray contained in a rack of trays. A second BMS is electrically coupled to and controls the first BMS. The first BMS includes a control unit electrically coupled to and controlling the battery cells. It further includes a switch unit electrically coupled to the control unit and selectively applying driving power according to a control signal from the second BMS.