Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20100305770
Systems and methods for scalable configurations of intelligent energy storage packs
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#872Hybrid electric vehicle with battery management
Applies to Claims 15,2,3,5,6,8
Submitted by: Doug FungLast updated: about 2 years ago
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Summary / DescriptionAs suggested in the article, much of the technology mirrors that of hybrid car technology. In fact, it would appear that the patent describes a mixture of technologies described in this patent and the other piece of research submitted.
 
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Type of Prior ArtIssued Patents - US
 
CountryUnited States of America
 
Patent/Application #5945808
 
Kind CodeUnited States (US) - United STATES Patent - A
 
Patentee NameKikuchi et al.
 
Relevant Pages, Columns, or LinesFig 1, Fig 4, Col 1-7
 
URLhttp://www.google.com/patents?h...
 
Filing DateAugust 31, 1999
 
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The battery management determines a current value of battery temperature for the battery pack and a current value of state of charge within the battery pack. What are stored are a first set of varying SOC values and a second set of varying SOC values are minimum SOC values required for the battery pack to produce a constant electric power output at varying BT values
 
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The method of Claim 1, further comprising providing a first temperature measurement of the first energy storage cell.
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Abstract describes temperature measurement.
Abstract describes temperature measurement.
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The method of Claim 1, wherein the load policy is defined using at least one of historical energy storage cell characteristics, energy storage cell degradation characteristics, energy storage cell performance characteristics, and desired energy storage cell charge and discharge operation.
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Fig 1 describes operations
Fig 1 describes operations
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The method of Claim 4, further comprising providing a second temperature measurement of the second energy storage cell.
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Column 3 description.
Column 3 description.
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The method of Claim 4, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are electrically connected together in an energy storage pack, and wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are electrically connected together in one of a series configuration or a parallel configuration, and wherein the first bus contribution voltage and second bus contribution voltage are coordinated to provide a fixed output from the energy storage pack.
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An apparatus, comprising:a first energy storage cell; anda first control circuit electrically connected to the first energy storage cell, the first control circuit having a first converter circuit, wherein the first control circuitprovides a first current measurement of the first energy storage cell electrically connected to the first converter circuit, wherein the first converter circuit controls the charge and discharge of the first energy storage cell;provides a first voltage measurement of the first energy storage cell; andreceives first control signals, wherein the first control signals are determined according to a load policy, and wherein the first converter circuit transforms a first voltage from the first energy storage cell to a desired first bus contribution voltage according to the first control signals.
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Described in Col 4-5
Described in Col 4-5
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A system, comprising:a central processing system in communication with a database;a first control circuit in communication with the central processing system, the first control circuit electrically connected to a first energy storage cell, the first control circuit having a first converter circuit, wherein the first control circuit provides a first current measurement of the first energy storage cell electrically connected to the first converter circuit, wherein the first converter circuit controls the charge and discharge of the first energy storage cell;provides a first voltage measurement of the first energy storage cell; andreceives first control signals, wherein the first control signals are determined according to a load policy, and wherein the first converter circuit transforms a first voltage from the first energy storage cell to a desired first bus contribution voltage according to the first control signals.
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Control infrastructure is described in hybrid vehicle patent albeit not exactly the same structure as the current patent. However, there is a lot of related description.
Control infrastructure is described in hybrid vehicle patent albeit not exactly the same structure as the current patent. However, there is a lot of related description.
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