Monitor system and method for stored battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Edward Loftus, Ben A. Tabatowski-Bush
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Abstract
A monitor system for an inventoried battery includes at least one battery pack; at least one embedded monitor subsystem interfacing with the battery pack, the embedded monitor system adapted to acquire sensor data from the battery pack; and at least one archival data storage system interfacing with the embedded monitor subsystem, the archival data storage system adapted to archive the sensor data. A method of monitoring a stored battery is also disclosed.
Claims20
A monitor system for an inventoried battery, comprising:
- at least one battery pack;
- at least one embedded monitor subsystem interfacing with the at least one battery pack, the at least one embedded monitor subsystem comprising a computer processor configured to acquire sensor data from the battery pack, the sensor data comprising voltage data related to performance of the battery pack;
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- at least one archival data storage system interfacing with the at least one embedded monitor subsystem, the at least one archival data storage system configured to archive the sensor data.
A monitor system for an inventoried battery, comprising:
- a storage container;
- at least one battery pack in the storage container;
- at least one embedded monitor subsystem in the storage container, the at least one embedded monitor subsystem interfacing with the at least one battery pack and comprising a computer processor configured to distribute flow of an electrical current to the at least one battery pack, including providing power to maintain a BECM (Battery Energy Control Module) associated with the battery pack in an alert mode, the BECM configured to acquire sensor data from the battery pack, the alert mode comprising maintaining the BECM operational for at least a time period sufficient to acquire the sensor data;
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- at least one archival data storage system interfacing with the at least one embedded monitor subsystem, the at least one archival data storage system configured to archive the sensor data, the sensor data comprising voltage data related to performance of the battery pack.
A method of monitoring a stored battery, the method implemented by a computer processor executing programmed instructions stored in non-transitory memory, the method comprising:
- the computer processor acquiring sensor data from at least one battery pack during storage of the at least one battery pack, the sensor data comprising battery voltage data, the sensor data comprising voltage data related to performance of the battery pack;
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- archiving the sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.