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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Darragh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Stuart Boggs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
TESLA MOTORS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 3/00 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1838 (2013.01); G01R 31/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing energy management and maintenance of a high energy battery pack that does not require installation of the battery pack into an operational EV. A battery service unit has multiple access mechanisms to charge or discharge a high energy battery pack through a primary or secondary high voltage port of the pack, irrespective of whether the battery pack is installed into an operating environment by adding a capability of providing a signature duplicating installation of the pack in the operating environment when necessary.