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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Azizur Rahaman, Oak Brook, IL (US);

Timothy J. Moran, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Azizur Rahaman, Oak Brook, IL (US);

Timothy J. Moran, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for determining the state of health of a battery. In particular, the present invention is related to a system and method for determining the state of health of an electrochemical battery cell by obtaining state of charge measurements for the battery cell, and using the state of charge measurements to calculate the state of health of the battery cell, wherein the state of charge measurements are based on the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell. The system includes a sensing device for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell, and a computing device for performing the steps of the disclosed method.


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