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Electrical energy storage apparatus having a balun for balancing voltages of storage cells

US10056765B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2014
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02J7/345
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrical energy storage apparatus having a plurality of electrical storage cells connected in series and to an inductive balun for balancing the storage cell voltages, wherein the balun has a balancer transformer having separate single coils for the storage cells and has a respective electric switch for each storage cell. Provision is made in accordance with the invention that the coils of the balancer transformer are connected to a pole of the respective storage cell via a respective at least one inductance and a switch connected to the named inductance, with the switch associated with one respective storage cell being connected via a diode to a pole of a storage cell respective arranged upstream or downstream.

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