Systems and methods for intelligently charging battery cells
AssigneeFaraday & Future Inc.
InventorsPhillip John Weicker, Omourtag Alexandrov Velev, Anil Paryani
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Abstract
A battery management system (BMS) connected to a battery is disclosed. The battery management system includes a battery status component configured to detect one or more parameters of the battery; a timer component configured to compute an amount of time needed to recharge the battery based on one or more of the parameters of the battery; and a scheme initiation component configured to determine an optimal time to begin charging based on the amount of time needed to recharge the battery.
Claims14
A battery management system (BMS) connected to a battery comprising:
- a battery status component configured to detect one or more parameters of the battery;
- a timer component configured to compute an amount of time needed to recharge the battery based on one or more of the parameters of the battery;
- a scheme initiation component configured to determine an optimal time to begin charging based on the amount of time needed to recharge the battery;
- a scheme selection component configured to select among a plurality of charging schemes;
- wherein the plurality of charging schemes comprising a normal charging scheme and an overcharging scheme,
- wherein the normal charging scheme allows the battery to be charged to a normal maximum voltage,
- wherein the overcharging scheme allows the battery to be charged to a voltage above the normal maximum voltage;
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- wherein the timer component is configured to compute a total amount of time required to recharge the battery under the overcharging scheme when the scheme selection component selects the overcharging scheme.
A method of managing a battery comprising:
- detecting one or more parameters of the battery;
- computing an amount of time needed to recharge the battery based on one or more of the parameters of the battery;
- determining an optimal time to begin charging based on the amount of time needed to recharge the battery;
- selecting among a plurality of charging schemes comprising a normal charging scheme and an overcharging scheme, wherein the normal charging scheme allows the battery to be charged to a normal maximum voltage, wherein the overcharging scheme allows the battery to be charged to a voltage above the normal maximum voltage;
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- computing a total amount of time required to recharge the battery under the overcharging scheme when the overcharging scheme is selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.