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Battery health assessment estimator

US8116998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2009
Grant dateFeb 14, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/3842
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A battery state of health estimator and similar method, system and computer product is disclosed providing for a estimate of a state of health (SOH) of one or more batteries, comprising, estimating a sampling of internal resistances of the one or more batteries, generating a time history of the internal resistance over a predetermined amount of time, generating a cumulative internal resistance histogram from the time history, calculating a final estimate of internal resistance of one or more batteries which represents the calculated SOH of one or more batteries and comparing the calculated SOH to a predetermined critical resistance threshold. If the calculated SOH is less than the predetermined critical resistance threshold, the battery is in no worse than a “Blue Monday” condition, and if the calculated SOH is greater than the critical resistance threshold, then the one or more batteries has failed.

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