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Charge balancing in an electric battery

US9847655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2014
Grant dateDec 19, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system comprises an electric battery having at least four elementary cells in series and at least two balancing modules each having first and second nodes connected by at least three cells of the battery, and a third node connected to an intermediate point of the series-association of the at least three cells, in which at least one of the first and second nodes of each module is not common to a first or second node of another module.

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