Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular vehicle battery
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Application No.: US16184126Application Date: 2018-11-08
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Publication No.: US10998595B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Lyall K. Winger , Dave G. Rich , Saad Hasan
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: H01M50/20
- IPC: H01M50/20 ; B60L58/19 ; B60L58/26 ; H01M50/40 ; H01M50/528 ; H01M10/613 ; H01M10/48

Abstract:
A battery of a vehicle includes a housing including: a lower portion that includes a plurality of separators extending vertically upward from a floor of the lower portion; and an upper portion that covers an opening of the lower portion and that is removable from the lower portion. The battery also includes: first and second terminals on the housing; third and fourth terminals on the housing; a plurality of individually housed batteries separated by the plurality of separators; a plurality of switches configured to selectively connect ones of the plurality of batteries to ones of the first, second, third, and fourth terminals; and a battery management module configured to control the plurality of switches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200152938A1 MODULAR VEHICLE BATTERY Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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