Battery management system and battery cell array
AssigneeMyeong-Eun Hwang
InventorsMyeong-Eun Hwang, Insuh Hwang
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Abstract
A battery management system includes several blocks: a battery cell array comprising a plurality of battery cells; a charger selector array connected electrically to the battery cell array to charge the battery cells; an analyzer array configured to monitor a condition or status of the battery cells and report the condition or status of the battery cells; a battery output array connected electrically to the battery cell array to provide electric power out of the battery cells; and a controller configured to control charge movement and command flow among the blocks in the battery system such as charger selector array and the battery output array according to the reported condition or status from the analyzer array.
Claims11
A battery management system including:
- a battery cell array including plurality of battery cells;
- a charger selector array connected electrically to the battery cell array to charge the battery cells;
- an analyzer array configured to monitor a condition or status of the battery cells and report a condition or status of each battery cell;
- a battery output array connected electrically to the battery cell array to provide electric power out of the battery cells;
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- a controller configured to rearrange the battery cell array, to control an operation of at least one of the charger selector array and the battery output array according to the reported condition or status from the analyzer array and to activate at least one of select signals to select at least one of battery cells in the battery cell array,
- wherein the condition or status includes the number of times of being charged and discharged of the each battery cell, information indicating if the each battery cell is working properly, and information indicating if the each battery cell is able to be charged up to a predetermined capacity level within a predetermined time and a maximum chargeable capacity level for the each battery cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.