Battery, particularly for a motor vehicle, and method for operating a battery

    公开(公告)号:US11621446B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16961379

    申请日:2018-11-19

    申请人: AUDI AG

    摘要: A battery, particularly for a motor vehicle, including at least two battery cells, wherein at least one circuit branch is connected to a respective positive pole and negative pole of the respective battery cell, which includes a heating unit, which can be connected in parallel to the respective battery cell by a switching element of the circuit branch; and a control device, which is configured to switch the switching elements of the respective circuit branch between an electrically conductive and an electrically blocking state in order to heat the battery cells, perform active balancing of the battery cells, and/or discharge the battery cells. The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating a battery.

    Energy storage device for an electrical AC voltage grid

    公开(公告)号:US10110061B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US15245927

    申请日:2016-08-24

    申请人: AUDI AG

    摘要: An energy storage device for storing energy for a stationary AC voltage grid includes a control device; and at least two switching units. Each switching unit includes multiple storage elements for storing a part of the energy, a converter having an AC voltage connection for connection to the AC voltage grid and a DC voltage connection, and a multiplexer switching device electrically connected with the DC voltage connection of the converter and with one of the storage elements via a respective storage connection. The multiplexer switching device is configured to select one of the storage connections in dependence on a selection signal generated by the control device and to electrically connect only the one storage connection selected by multiplexer switching device with the DC voltage connection of the converter. The control device is configured to control the converter of each of the at least two switching units so as to gradually reduce an energy flow between the AC voltage grid and a first one of the switching units and to correspondingly increase an energy flow between the DC voltage grid and at least one second one of the switching units until the energy flow between the AC voltage grid and the first switching unit is reduced to zero.

    Method for operating a battery of an at least partially electrically operated/driven functional device, corresponding battery, and functional device

    公开(公告)号:US10991995B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16782407

    申请日:2020-02-05

    申请人: AUDI AG

    摘要: A method for operating a battery of an at least partially electrically operated/driven functional device, a corresponding battery, and a corresponding functional device. A control unit of the battery receives measurement signals relating to a respective parameter of the battery cells from a plurality of switchable battery cells of the battery. The control unit prepares a location-resolved distribution function of the respective cell parameter within the battery on the basis of the measurement signals. By activating the switching elements of the switchable battery cells according to a predetermined switching rule, the control unit produces a pattern of battery cells switched to active and passive. A predetermined location-resolved distribution function of the respective cell parameter is fulfilled and at least one predetermined secondary condition relating to an operation of the functional device and/or the battery is maintained.

    Method for transmitting communication data between a multiplicity of vehicle components of a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10560281B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US16065598

    申请日:2016-12-21

    申请人: Audi AG

    IPC分类号: G07C5/00 H04L12/40

    摘要: The present disclosure pertains to a method for transmitting communication data between a plurality of vehicle components of a motor vehicle, said vehicle components being coupled via a common communication channel. The present disclosure provides that said vehicle components transmit said communication data between any two of them, wherein one of said vehicle components broadcasts the communication data to be sent by it without demand and without a specific addressee via said communication channel, such that the sent communication data arrive at a plurality or all of the other vehicle components, and at least one of said other vehicle components reads and stores said communication data via said communication channel, if it is in demand thereof, wherein all transmitting vehicle components determine their transmission timings on the basis of a transmission schedule stored in each of said transmitting vehicle components independent from a bus master.

    Monitoring a state variable of at least one battery cell of a battery

    公开(公告)号:US10539628B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15551402

    申请日:2016-02-15

    申请人: AUDI AG

    摘要: A method for monitoring a state variable of at least one battery cell of a battery. The battery has at least two battery cells that are arranged adjacent to one another. A first electrically conductive surface is provided at a boundary surface of a first battery cell and a second electrically conductive surface is provided at a boundary surface of a second battery cell. The electrically conductive surfaces are arranged electrically insulated from each other. An electrical voltage is applied between the two electrically conductive surfaces. An electrical variable produced due to an effect of the electrical voltage is analyzed. The state variable on the basis of the analysis is determined.

    Energy supply vehicle for supplying an electrically drivable motor vehicle with electrical energy

    公开(公告)号:US10507733B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15791472

    申请日:2017-10-24

    申请人: AUDI AG

    摘要: An energy supply vehicle for supplying an electrically drivable motor vehicle with an electrical energy. A drive unit for moving the energy supply vehicle, an electrical energy source for supplying electrical energy for the electrically drivable motor vehicle, and an electrical coupling device for electrical coupling the electrical energy source to the electrically drivable motor vehicle in order to transfer the electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the electrically drivable motor vehicle having a control unit including a communication device and is designed to guide the energy supply vehicle as a self-driving and remotely controlled vehicle and to control the electrical coupling device for an automatic electrical coupling of the electrically drivable motor vehicle.