Battery operating condition dependent method and apparatus for controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries
OwnerAndrew Michael Zettel, Nicolas Louis Bouchoninventors
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Abstract
Apparatus, method, media and signals for controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, in which a control signal generator operable to receive an extreme voltage representation representing a voltage of a battery exhibiting an extreme voltage among voltages of all batteries in the system, and a representation of a reference voltage derived from an operating parameter associated with the battery exhibiting the extreme voltage, is operable to produce a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system in response to the aforementioned representations.
Claims55
A method of controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, the method comprising:
- producing a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system of batteries in response to:
- a representation of a reference voltage determined from an operating parameter of a battery exhibiting a voltage extremity in the system of batteries;
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- a representation of said voltage extremity.
An apparatus for controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, the apparatus comprising:
- an accessor for accessing an extreme voltage representation representing a voltage of a battery exhibiting an extreme voltage among voltages of all batteries in the system and a reference voltage representation derived from an operating parameter associated with said battery exhibiting said extreme voltage;
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- a control signal generator in communication with said accessor and operable to produce a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system in response to said representation of a reference voltage and said extreme voltage representation.
A computer readable medium encoded with codes for directing a processor circuit to control energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, by:
- producing a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system of batteries in response to a representation of a reference voltage determined from an operating parameter of a battery exhibiting a voltage extremity and a representation of said voltage extremity.
A signal for transmitting codes for directing a processor circuit to control energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, the signal being encoded with codes for directing the processor circuit to produce a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system of batteries in response to a representation of a reference voltage determined from an operating parameter of a battery exhibiting a voltage extremity and a representation of said voltage extremity.
An apparatus for controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, the apparatus comprising a processor circuit operable to produce a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system of batteries, in response to a representation of a reference voltage determined from an operating parameter of a battery exhibiting a voltage extremity and a representation of said voltage extremity.
An apparatus for controlling energy transfer between an energy bus and a system of batteries, the apparatus comprising:
- means for accessing an extreme voltage representation representing a voltage of a battery exhibiting an extreme voltage among voltages of all batteries in the system;
- means for accessing a representation of a reference voltage derived from an operating parameter associated with said battery exhibiting said extreme voltage;
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- means in communication with said means for accessing an extreme voltage representation and said means for accessing a representation of a reference voltage, for producing a control signal for use in changing the amount of energy transfer between the energy bus and the system in response to said representation of a reference voltage and said extreme voltage representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.