Unitary energy storage and sensing batteries
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsBrian C. Sisk, Jason L. Roberts
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Abstract
A battery apparatus having an electrochemical cell that includes an electrically insulating hollow mandrel, a pair of active materials wound on the mandrel, and a sensing unit located within the mandrel and coupled to the pair of active materials through a pair of contacts. The active materials are connected and separated by an electrolyte. The sensing unit is configured to monitor conditions of the cell and to generate a signal indicative of a sensed condition for communication to a battery management unit.
Claims20
A battery apparatus having an electrochemical cell, the cell comprising:
- an electrically insulating hollow mandrel;
- a pair of active materials wound on the mandrel, wherein the pair of active materials corresponds to an anode and a cathode that connected and separated by an electrolyte;
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- a sensing unit located within the mandrel and coupled to the pair of active materials through a pair of contacts, wherein the sensing unit is configured to monitor conditions of the cell and to generate a signal indicative of a sensed condition for communication to a battery management unit.
A battery apparatus having an electrochemical cell, the cell comprising:
- an electrically insulating hollow mandrel;
- a pair of active materials wound on the mandrel, wherein the pair of active materials corresponds to an anode and a cathode that are connected and separated by an electrolyte;
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- a communications unit configured to transmit wirelessly signals indicative of conditions of the cell to a battery management unit.
A battery apparatus, comprising:
- an electrochemical cell comprising:
- an electrically insulating hollow mandrel;
- a pair of active materials wound on the mandrel, wherein the pair of active materials corresponds to an anode and a cathode that are connected and separated by an electrolyte;
- a sensing unit located within the mandrel and coupled to the pair of active materials through a pair of contacts, wherein the sensing unit is configured to monitor conditions of the cell and to generate a signal indicative of a sensed condition for communication to a battery management unit;
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- a communications unit located within the battery apparatus and coupled to the sensing unit, wherein the communications unit is configured to transmit wirelessly the indicative signal to the battery management unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.