System and method for prolonging the life of a battery that is electrically coupled to a load
OwnerClayton Hanksinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for prolonging a life of a battery is provided. The system may include a charge storage device and a battery. The charge storage device may be connected to the battery. The system may further include a controller connected to the charge storage device. The controller may compute a resonance frequency. The controller may further control the charge storage device to supply, to the battery, a specific voltage at a specific time defined by the resonance frequency, while the battery is under a load. Furthermore, the controller may control the charge storage device to charge while the battery is discharging and discharge while the battery is charging, for prolonging the life of the battery.
Claims17
A system for prolonging the life of a battery that is electrically coupled to a load comprising:
- a charge storage device electrically coupled to the battery forming a modified tank circuit, wherein the charge storage device includes a plurality of capacitors used to supply the specific voltage to the battery and a plurality of relays electrically coupled to the capacitors;
- a controller electrically coupled to the charge storage device, said controller configured to compute a resonance frequency defining a specific time at which the battery should be provided with a specific voltage to achieve an internal resonance within the battery;
- said controller further configured to direct the charge storage device to supply to the battery the specific voltage at the specific time defined by the resonance frequency.
A method for prolonging the life of a battery that is electrically coupled to a load comprising the steps of:
- computing a resonance frequency defining a specific time at which a battery should be provided with a specific voltage to achieve an internal resonance within the battery;
- controlling a plurality of relays associated with a charge storage device that is electrically coupled to the battery forming a modified tank circuit to change a configuration of a plurality of capacitors associated with the charge storage device to a first configuration;
- checking if a first time within a time defined by the resonance frequency is completed;
- upon completion of the first time, controlling the plurality of relays associated with the charge storage device to change the configuration of the plurality of capacitors associated with the charge storage device to a second configuration;
- checking if a second time within the time defined by the resonance frequency is completed;
- upon completion of the second time, returning to the step of controlling a plurality of relays and repeating the subsequent steps of the method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.