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公开(公告)号:US20210399354A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17289387
申请日:2018-11-09
发明人: YiChun YAN , Dave G. RICH , Saad HASAN , Lyall K. WINGER , Varsha K. SADEKAR
摘要: A battery maintenance system includes an enclosure including a plurality of walls. A plurality of battery cells are located in the enclosure and surrounded by electrolyte. An electrolyte agitator such as a piezoelectric device is attached to at least one of the walls of the enclosure and is configured to selectively agitate the electrolyte.
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公开(公告)号:US20200278936A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-03
申请号:US16290495
申请日:2019-03-01
IPC分类号: G06F12/121 , G06F1/26
摘要: A modular dynamically allocated capacity storage system (MODACS) is provided and includes a housing and a control module. The housing includes source terminals, switches, cells, and sensing module. The source terminals supplying power at a first voltage potential to a first plurality of loads and power at a second voltage potential to a second plurality of loads. The cells are configured to supply power to each of the source terminals based on states of the switches. The sensing modules are configured to determine parameters of each of the cells and generate corresponding status signals. The control module is configured to receive a power request signal, and based on the power request signal and the parameters of each of the cells, determine a connected configuration for the cells relative to each other and the plurality of source terminals and set states of the switches according to the connected configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US20220149650A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-12
申请号:US17092395
申请日:2020-11-09
IPC分类号: H02J9/06 , B60R16/033 , G01R31/00 , G01R31/58
摘要: A system for a vehicle includes a battery of the vehicle, a plurality of switches connected to the battery, and a plurality of subsystems of the vehicle connected to the battery via the switches and wires. The system includes a controller configured to control the switches and the subsystems, and to identify a variation in a rate of change of current characteristic in frequency domain for a current loop including one of the switches, one of the subsystems, and a plurality of the wires. The controller is configured to determine integrity of the plurality of the wires and connections of the wires in the current loop based on the variation in the rate of change of current characteristic for the current loop.
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公开(公告)号:US20220021044A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-20
申请号:US17203863
申请日:2021-03-17
发明人: Dewen KONG , Dave G. RICH , Lyall K. WINGER , Meiyuan WU , Jingyuan LIU , Haijing LIU
IPC分类号: H01M10/63 , H02J7/00 , H01M10/615 , H01M10/625
摘要: A thermal device comprises a first layer of a non-metallic material that is a good conductor of heat and electricity, that includes a first terminal and a second terminal, and that has a first surface and a second surface; a metallic material disposed on the first surface of the first layer; a first plastic layer disposed on the metallic material; and a second plastic layer disposed on the second surface of the first layer. The first plastic layer and the second plastic layer include a plastic material that is a good conductor of heat.
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公开(公告)号:US20200280197A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-03
申请号:US16290602
申请日:2019-03-01
摘要: A battery includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; a plurality of individually housed batteries; a plurality of switches configured to connect ones of the individually housed batteries to and from ones of the first and second terminals; and a switch control module configured to: at a frequency, vary a voltage applied to a gate of one of the switches, the one of the switches configured to connect at least one of the individually housed batteries to one of the first and second terminals; and diagnose whether a fault is present in the one of the switches based on a voltage across the one of the switches.
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公开(公告)号:US20230110889A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-13
申请号:US17565647
申请日:2021-12-30
发明人: Dewen KONG , Dave G. RICH , Lyall K. WINGER , Aaron B. BLOOM , Jingyuan LIU , Meiyuan WU , Haijing LIU
摘要: A vehicle system is provided and includes a modular dynamically allocated capacity storage system (MODACS) and an active management module. The MODACS includes blocks of cells. The active management module is configured to: detect a first state of a first block of cells of the blocks of cells; determine whether a safety fault condition exists with the first block of cells based on the first state of the first block of cells; in response to detecting existence of the safety fault condition, isolate the first block of cells from other ones of the blocks of cells; subsequent to isolating the first block of cells, actively discharge and detect a second state of the first block of cells; and based on the second state, continue isolating the first block of cells or reconnecting the first block of cells such that the first block of cells is no longer isolated.
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公开(公告)号:US20220200077A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17561031
申请日:2021-12-23
发明人: Jingyuan LIU , Dewen KONG , Dave G. RICH , Haijing LIU , Lyall K. WINGER , Mark W. VERBRUGGE
IPC分类号: H01M10/615 , H01M50/569
摘要: An electrochemical device according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes an electrochemical cell and an inductor coil. The electrochemical cell includes a current collector. the current collector includes an electrically-conductive material. The inductor coil is configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field is configured to induce an eddy current in the current collector to generate heat in the current collector. In various aspects, the present disclosure also provides a method of internally heating an electrochemical cell. In various aspects, the present disclosure also provides a method of controlling heating of an electrochemical cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20200150182A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16183895
申请日:2018-11-08
发明人: Dave G. RICH , Jonathan O. CONELL , Robert A. DE STEFANO , Saad HASAN , Benjamin G. WROBLEWSKI , Lyall K. WINGER
IPC分类号: G01R31/327 , G01R35/00 , G01R31/00 , B60L11/18
摘要: A battery control system includes T contactor paths connected in parallel between a battery and a load, where T is an integer greater than one. Each of the T contactor paths includes a first contactor and a second contactor connected in series with the first contactor. Each of the T contactor paths includes at least one of a first voltage sensor configured to sense a first voltage between the first contactor and the second contactor; and a current sensor configured to sense current flowing through the first contactor and the second contactor. A second voltage sensor is configured to sense a second voltage at one end of the T contactor paths. A third voltage sensor is configured to sense a third voltage at an opposite end of the T contactor paths.
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公开(公告)号:US20200153050A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16183803
申请日:2018-11-08
发明人: Lyall K. WINGER , Dave G. RICH , Saad HASAN
摘要: A battery control system includes a battery comprising: first and second terminals; third and fourth terminals; a plurality of individually housed batteries; and a plurality of switches configured to connect ones of the batteries to and from ones of the first, second, third, and fourth terminals. A mode module is configured to set a mode of operation based on at least one of a plurality of present operating parameters. A switch control module is configured to control the plurality of switches based on the mode of operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20200153028A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16290457
申请日:2019-03-01
发明人: Lyall K. WINGER , Dave G. Rich , Saad Hasan
摘要: A battery control system includes a battery including: first, second, and third terminals; a plurality of individual groups of two or more battery cells; and a plurality of switches configured to connect ones of the individual groups to and from ones of the first, second, and third terminals. A mode module is configured to set a mode to a first mode when a fault is present in a charging source of the battery. A switch control module is configured to control the plurality of switches based on a first predetermined capacity allotment when the mode is in the first mode.
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