Device for testing and maintaining a high voltage battery and uses thereof

A device for servicing and maintaining a high-voltage battery, which is connectable thereto, comprising:

• a high-voltage battery charge device to bring a high-voltage battery, connected to the device, to a higher charge state, and having a high-voltage positive terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery includes an assemblage of individual battery cells or an assemblage of battery modules, the high-voltage positive terminal, the high-voltage negative terminal, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal;
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• a high-voltage battery diagnostic device to check a high-voltage battery, connected to the device, and the device, for internal errors, to display recognized internal errors, and having an information-processing unit, which is external relative to the high-voltage battery, having the data transmission terminal to bidirectionally transmit battery management system data between the information-processing unit and the battery management system of a connected high-voltage battery.

A device for servicing and maintaining a high-voltage battery, which is connectable thereto, comprising:

• a high-voltage battery charge device to bring a high-voltage battery, connected to the device, to a higher charge state, and having a high-voltage positive terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery includes an assemblage of individual battery cells or an assemblage of battery modules, the high-voltage positive terminal, the high-voltage negative terminal, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal to bidirectionally transmit battery management system data between an information-processing unit, which is external relative to the high-voltage battery, and the battery management system of a connected high-voltage battery;
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• a high-voltage battery discharge device to bring a high-voltage battery, which is connected to the device, to a lower charge state, and that has a high-voltage positive terminal to be connected to the high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal to be connected to the high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery.

A device for servicing and maintaining a high-voltage battery, which is connectable thereto, comprising:

• a high-voltage battery discharge device to bring a high-voltage battery, connected to the device, to a lower charge state, and having a high-voltage positive terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery includes an assemblage of individual battery cells or an assemblage of battery modules, the high-voltage positive terminal, the high-voltage negative terminal, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal;
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• a high-voltage battery diagnostic device to check a high-voltage battery, connected to the device, and the device, for internal errors, to display recognized internal errors, and having an information-processing unit, which is external relative to the high-voltage battery, having the data transmission terminal to bidirectionally transmit battery management system data between the information-processing unit and the battery management system of a connected high-voltage battery.