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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Gi-heon Kim, Superior, CO (US);

Kandler Smith, Golden, CO (US);

John Ireland, Denver, CO (US);

Ahmad A. Pesaran, Boulder, CO (US);

Jeremy Neubauer, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Gi-Heon Kim, Superior, CO (US);

Kandler Smith, Golden, CO (US);

John Ireland, Denver, CO (US);

Ahmad A. Pesaran, Boulder, CO (US);

Jeremy Neubauer, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/27 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3606 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); B60L 11/1866 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2200/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fail-safe systems and design methodologies for large capacity battery systems are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methodologies serve to locate a faulty cell in a large capacity battery, such as a cell having an internal short circuit, determine whether the fault is evolving, and electrically isolate the faulty cell from the rest of the battery, preventing further electrical energy from feeding into the fault.


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