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Battery system

US11214169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2019
Grant dateJan 4, 2022
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/70
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A battery system including: a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of switches arranged in a circuit including the plurality of the battery modules, the plurality of the switches being configured to switch connection of the battery modules between a series state and a parallel state; a storage device that stores at least one abnormality pattern; and a control device configured to: i) control switching of each of the plurality of the switches; and ii) control switching of the switches other than the predetermined switch such that the battery modules rue not in a short-circuited state using the abnormality pattern when the predetermined switch is unable to be controlled.

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