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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Stuart Boggs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joseph Michael Darragh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anil Paryani, Cerritos, CA (US);
Chuen Chou, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, unknown;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (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 through use self-discharge features and processes. A battery pack is configured with self-discharger enabled-components that selectively discharge energy from the battery pack without the battery pack providing operational power.