Patents Examined by Jas Sanghera
  • Patent number: 11835590
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells, a converter connected to corresponding battery cells among the plurality of battery cells and configured to form a charge and discharge path between the connected battery cells according to an operation state of a switch included therein, and a control unit configured to receive a voltage value of each of the plurality of battery cells from the measuring unit, control the operation state of the switch included in the converter, calculate a voltage change rate of a charging cell charged by the converter according to the control of the operation state of the switch, and determine whether the charging cell is degraded based on the calculated voltage change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hyeon-Jin Song
  • Patent number: 11835585
    Abstract: A battery current measuring device includes a switching element configured to control charging and discharging of a battery, an A/D converter configured to convert a voltage value across the switching element into a digital value, a temperature compensation unit having a diode structure capable of compensating for a resistance change according to a change of temperature of the switching element, and a current calculation unit configured to calculate a current flowing through the switching element based on the digital value of the voltage value, and the A/D converter converts the voltage value of the switching element into the digital value using a reference voltage inputted from the temperature compensation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Chang Bok Lee, Sung Tack Hwang
  • Patent number: 11828808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for testing, in particular high-frequency testing, a test item, for example an electrical machine or a converter, comprising: a simulation unit for simulating an electrical energy accumulator using a simulation model; and an electrical connection line, via which the test item can be connected to the simulation unit; wherein the device comprises compensation impedance for compensating for an impedance in accordance with a line inductance of the connection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KRISTL, SEIBT & CO. GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
    Inventors: Thomas Haidinger, Arthur Goeldner, Christian Auer
  • Patent number: 11828810
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for estimating the state of charge (SoC) of an electrochemical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFT
    Inventors: François Teutsch, Erwan Guillonneau
  • Patent number: 11828813
    Abstract: A battery management system and method for performing a battery health parameter observation, in particular, cell impedance observation, with two redundant, independent and dissimilar lanes. Specifically, a cell impedance observation in a first one of the lanes is based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, EIS. The other lane employs a different algorithm than EIS. In embodiments, a battery state observation is further performed independently by the two lanes, wherein again the first lane employs EIS and the other lane a different (dissimilar) algorithm. On the basis of state and health observation, state (state of function) of the battery system can be predicted to determine a range of flight in accordance with a predetermined flight profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kurtz, Moritz Schuhmann
  • Patent number: 11821958
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for estimating a state-of-health (SOH) in an energy storage system, where the estimate accounts for both power fade and capacity fade. The SOH estimation system comprises a SOH estimation module configured to receive, and to determine the estimate of the SOH based on: a nominal capacity input; a voltage input; a current input; a nominal open circuit voltage curve; an operational resistance model; a nominal resistance model; an operational dynamic model; and a rated discharge current. The SOH estimation module may further comprise a SOH aggregation module configured to receive a power rating estimate, PRn, and a normalized capacity estimate, NCn, and may be configured to determine the estimate of the SOH based on the power rating estimate, PRn, and the normalized capacity estimate, NCn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NUVATION RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Worry, Stefan Janhunen, Manoj Mathew
  • Patent number: 11821959
    Abstract: A method for estimating state of health (SOH) of an electric battery includes starting a charging of an electric battery with a charge current, measuring a voltage of the electric battery during the charging, determining a first point in time at which a minimum slope of the voltage curve during the charging occurs, determining a second point in time when the measured voltage of the electric battery equals a maximum charging voltage, determining a SOH-interval between the first point in time and the second point in time, estimating the state of health for the electric battery based on the SOH-interval. The advantage of the method is that an estimated value for the state of health of an electric battery is obtained in an easy and reliable way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ALELION ENERGY SYSTEMS AB
    Inventors: Simon Malmberg, Peter Tammpere
  • Patent number: 11815558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim, Chae Bin Shin
  • Patent number: 11808815
    Abstract: A voltage of a battery cell is measured, and a current flowing through the battery cell is measured. An open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery cell is estimated based on the measured voltage, the measured current, and an equivalent circuit model based on electrochemistry of the battery cell, and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell is estimated based on the estimated OCV, SOC-OCV characteristics on a charge side of the battery cell, and SOC-OCV characteristics on a discharge side of the battery cell. At least one of a positive electrode and negative electrode of the battery cell is a mixed electrode containing a plurality of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe, Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 11808816
    Abstract: A system for obtaining state information of a battery may be disclosed. The system includes: at least one first harness cable for obtaining, on the basis of a CAN protocol, data indicating state information of the battery from a battery management system of the battery; an analyzer for providing a driving signal for driving the battery management system; and a first junction box for transmitting the data input through the first harness cable to the analyzer, wherein the analyzer may be configured to output the data received from the first junction box to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MINTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young Jae Lee, Hee Kyung Myung, Seong Joon Hong
  • Patent number: 11802916
    Abstract: An electrochemical storage diagnostic system is configured to perform an electrical test to measure energy storage device parameters. The diagnostic system includes a charge management controller, electrically coupled to a power multiplexer, a power converter circuit, and an isolated converter circuit. The charge management controller is programmed with instructions to identify a device under test, selected from at least one member of the plurality of energy storage devices to perform an electrical test. Then, adjust a charge in the secondary energy storage device to a target voltage through the power multiplexer by transferring energy between the secondary energy storage device and a support device, selected from at least one member of the plurality energy storage devices. After that, transfer electrical power through the power multiplexer and power converter circuit to the device under test in order to perform the electrical test. Finally, complete the electrical test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: REJOULE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven Chung, Kenny Huynh, Russell Okamura
  • Patent number: 11802917
    Abstract: A process for determining an impedance of a battery cell may comprise delivering an excitation current to the battery cell; performing, via an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), one or more first measurements associated with the battery cell in the presence of the excitation current, wherein the one or more first measurements comprise one or more current measurements; performing, via the ADC, one or more second measurements associated with the battery cell in the presence of the excitation current, wherein the one or more second measurements comprise one or more voltage measurements; and determining the impedance of the battery cell based on the one or more first measurements and the one or more second measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Walther, Markus Ekler, Christian Heiling
  • Patent number: 11796598
    Abstract: Briefly, embodiments of a system, method, and article for estimating a true state of charge (SOC) measurement for a battery based, at least in part, on a measurement of a rate of change of current supplied to the battery at a particular constant voltage value based, in part, on a current charging profile for the battery indicating a mapping between measurements of rates of change of current supplied to the battery at the particular constant voltage value and SOC measurements for the battery. A true SOC measurement for the battery may be determined based, at least in part, on the mapping. The first SOC measurement may be corrected to match the true SOC measurement at a particular point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramaprakash Bayadi, Karthick Gourichankar, Sanketh Bhat
  • Patent number: 11796600
    Abstract: A chargeable battery abnormality detection apparatus configured to detect an abnormality of a chargeable battery includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor performs the following when executing instructions: calculating a value of an internal resistance of the chargeable battery; determining whether the chargeable battery is being charged or being discharged; determining that an abnormality has occurred in the chargeable battery if either one of the following occurs: the calculated value of the internal resistance decreases while the chargeable battery is being discharged; and the calculated value of the internal resistance increases while the chargeable battery is being charged; and outputting a determination result of the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Akira Oono, Kimiko Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11796602
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining driver characterization data based on sensor data from one or more sensors onboard a vehicle. The sensor data is captured during a time period that includes multiple discharging operations and multiple recharging operations of a battery of the vehicle. The method also includes providing the driver characterization data as input to a trained model to generate a model output. The model output includes a classification that associates the driver characterization data with a driver type profile. The method also includes generating an alert responsive to a charge of the battery deviating from an expected charge of the battery. The expected charge is based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SPARKCOGNITION, INC.
    Inventor: Sridhar Sudarsan
  • Patent number: 11796603
    Abstract: In a method of estimating an internal degradation state of a degraded cell, a measurement system calculates a target capacity characteristic curve by differentiating current capacity by voltage on a target charge curve of a target battery. Further, the method obtains changes of parameters of different types based on a fitting operation that fits the curve and a reference capacity characteristic curve calculated from reference data. In the fitting operation, whichever of low current capacity regions and high current capacity regions of the curve and the curve have a stronger correlation are fit first and whichever of them have a weaker correlation are fit later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Koketsu, Shunsuke Konishi
  • Patent number: 11797814
    Abstract: Provided is a passive wireless magnetic field characteristic sensing tag and system, and a magnetic field quantity acquisition method, which integrates a passive magnetic field quantity sensor in a passive electronic tag and cooperates with a reader and a host computer to build a magnetic field sensing system, so as to realize high-precision and high-intelligence monitoring of the magnetic field quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Zhenbing Li, Gang Li, Guangjun Wen
  • Patent number: 11794606
    Abstract: A management device includes an information acquirer configured to acquire battery information on a usage state of a secondary battery mounted in a vehicle and information on a user from the vehicle, a first feature deriver configured to derive a first feature indicating a state of the secondary battery based on a result obtained by applying the battery information to a battery state detection model that identifies the state of the secondary battery, a second feature deriver configured to derive a second feature indicating characteristics of the user based on the information on the user, and a selector configured to select a battery suitable for the user based on a result obtained by inputting the first feature and the second feature to a matching model that outputs a result showing compatibility between the user and a battery based on the first feature and the second feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Namiki, Minoru Uoshima, Makoto Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 11789392
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, configured to operate in first and second modes of which color gamut is different from each other, includes an exposure unit configured to expose a photosensitive drum; a developing roller configured to form a toner image; a detection unit configured to detect density of the toner image transferred to an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to adjust the density based on a value of input image data. A dithering process for the controller's controlling of the exposure unit is different depending on whether the operation is in the first mode or the second mode, and in at least a part of the input image data, the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the first mode is higher than the density of the toner image formed by the dithering process in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kudo, Akihiko Uchiyama, Hiroshi Kita, Masaki Shimomura, Takahiro Nakase
  • Patent number: 11789088
    Abstract: A BMU, which is a battery management unit, includes a current measuring unit that measures a current charged to and discharged from a battery; a voltage measuring unit that measures a voltage of the battery during measurement of the current by the current measuring unit; a BPF processing unit that extracts a component in a prescribed frequency band, of the current measured by the current measuring unit; a BPF processing unit that extracts a component in the prescribed frequency band, of the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit; and an impedance calculating unit that calculates an impedance of the battery using the extracted current component and voltage component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Tanaka, Hiroya Murao, Ryuji Nagata