Battery charging and discharging without interface removal
AssigneeThe Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsIvan Couvillon, Matthew Limpert
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described that relate to a battery. A battery, such as a battery with a common input/output terminal, can be tested. Part of this testing can include charging the battery and discharging the battery. It can be dangerous to switch out an interface between charging and discharging. Therefore, a single interface can be employed that enables the battery to be charged and discarded. With this, the battery can be charged and discharged without the danger of switching the interface.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- causing a charging, by way of charging hardware, of a unit under test along a hardware connection;
- and
- causing a discharging, by way of discharging hardware, of the unit under test along the hardware connection,
- where the hardware connection remains connected to the unit under test between the charging and the discharging and
- where the unit under test has a common input/output terminal.
A system, comprising:
- a charge hardware configured to charge a unit under test along a hardware connection;
- and
- a discharge component configured to discharge the unit under test along the hardware connection,
- where the hardware connection remains connected to the unit under test between the charging and the discharging and
- where the unit under test has a common input/output terminal.
A system, comprising:
- a hardware connection configured to connect to a unit under test;
- a charge hardware configured to charge the unit under test along the hardware connection;
- and
- a discharge component configured to discharge the unit under test along the hardware connection,
- where the hardware connection remains connected to the unit under test between the charging and the discharging and
- where the unit under test has a common input/output terminal that engages the hardware connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.