Patents by Inventor Christian Bechter

Christian Bechter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Token based communication in daisy chain configured battery management devices
    Patent number: 9294300
    Abstract: A battery management and protection system includes a string of battery management and protection integrated circuit devices that may be connected to one another in a daisy chain configuration. Some of the devices can be electrically connected to one or more battery cells. Each device includes an inter-device communication interface comprising a daisy chain line driver. The system includes a controller external to the string of devices and a bi-directional connection lines connecting each device in the string to an upstream and/or downstream device in the string. The system can allow the external controller to access any single one of the devices in the daisy chain, any subset of the devices in the daisy chain, or all the devices in the daisy chain using a single command that is transmitted from one device to the next over a bi-directional connection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Janz, Christian Bechter, Alexander Scholz
  • INTER-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN A BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130265009
    Abstract: A battery management and protection system includes a string of battery management and protection integrated circuit devices that may be connected to one another in a daisy chain configuration. Some of the devices can be electrically connected to one or more battery cells. Each device includes an inter-device communication interface comprising a daisy chain line driver. The system includes a controller external to the string of devices and a bi-directional connection lines connecting each device in the string to an upstream and/or downstream device in the string. The system can allow the external controller to access any single one of the devices in the daisy chain, any subset of the devices in the daisy chain, or all the devices in the daisy chain using a single command that is transmitted from one device to the next over a bi-directional connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Janz, Christian Bechter, Alexander Scholz