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Battery and method of operating a battery

US11031793B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Michael Hinterberger · Großmehring, DE
Berthold Hellenthal · Schwanstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01M2220/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery and a method for operating a battery, in particular for a motor vehicle, including multiple battery cells, which have respective battery cell housings with electric terminals via which the battery cells are electrically interconnected, wherein a respective cell branch connecting the terminals and having a galvanic cell is arranged in the battery cell housings, a respective bypass branch for bypassing the respective galvanic cell is arranged in the battery cell housings; each cell branch has a first switching element for opening and closing the cell branch, and each bypass branch has a second switching element for opening and closing the bypass branch.

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