Dynamically reconfigurable battery management architecture

Abstract

A battery system for a vehicle includes a plurality of battery modules, each of the plurality of battery modules including a respective management module, and a master management module configured to communicate with the management modules and with a battery control module. Each of the management modules includes a communication interface configured to transmit data to the master management module and receive data from the master management module and a diagnostic module configured to monitor operating parameters of a respective one of the plurality of battery modules, detect a fault associated with the respective one of the plurality of battery modules based on the operating parameters, and selectively output a signal indicative of the detected fault.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.