Method for securing the operation of an electric battery
AssigneeDow Kokam France SAS
InventorFabien GABEN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for securing the operation of an electric battery comprising a plurality of electrical energy-generating elements which are mounted within an electricity production circuit, said method providing for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction of each of said elements and, in case a malfunction of an element is detected, to actuate a shunting of said defective element so the electrical current no longer crosses through said defective element while maintaining the production circuit closed. The invention also relates to a battery in which such a method can be implemented.
Claims17
1-17. (canceled)
A method for securing the operation of an electric battery comprising a plurality of electrical energy-generating elements which are mounted within an electricity production circuit, said method providing for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction of each of said elements and, in case the malfunction of an element is detected, to actuate a shunting of said defective element so the electrical current no longer crosses through said defective element while maintaining the production circuit closed, wherein the shunting of said defective element is carried out by means of a selector which can be actuated in displacement between a connection position of said defective element to the production circuit and a position for shunting said defective element and disconnecting said defective element from the production circuit.
An electric battery comprising:
- (a) a plurality of electrical energy-generating elements which are mounted in an electricity production circuit, each element being contained in a sealed envelope provided with two terminals for connecting said element to the production circuit, and each element being equipped with a selector, movable between a position for connecting the terminals of said element to the production circuit and a shunting position in which the electric current no longer traverses said element while maintaining the production circuit closed and in which said element is disconnected from the production circuit;
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- (b) a device for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction of each of the elements and a device for actuating the displacement in the shunting position of, respectively, a selector in case of detection of defective operation of the element which it equips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.