Abstract: A liquid cooling battery module includes a collector, a cell liquid cooler, a plurality of cells, a base, an upper lid and a plurality of copper busbars. The cell liquid cooler has a plurality of multi-port extrusion tubes spaced apart equidistantly and parallelly. The collector is in communication with the multi-port extrusion tubes to thereby form a cooling liquid circulation space. The collector has therein an adaptor in communication with the cooling liquid circulation space. The cells are disposed between the multi-port extrusion tubes parallelly and alternately. The base is disposed below the cell liquid cooler. A plurality of cell positioning slots are disposed at the bottom of the base and adapted to contain the cells. The multi-port extrusion tubes serve as heat-dissipating tubes between the cells to enable the liquid cooling battery module to control temperature and attain uniform distribution of temperature quickly and effectively by liquid cooling.

Abstract: A cold plate for a battery module comprising a plurality of cells that produces heat as charging and discharging is disclosed. The cold plate includes a plurality of first fins distributed in a first subarea of the cold plate; and a plurality of second fins distributed in a second subarea of the cold plate; wherein a second fin coverage of the plurality of second fins distributed in the second subarea is smaller than a first fin coverage of the plurality of first fins distributed in the first subarea when an amount of heat absorption of the second subarea from the plurality of cells is greater than an amount of heat absorption of the first subarea from the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A cold plate for a battery module comprising a plurality of cells that produces heat as charging and discharging is disclosed. The cold plate includes a plurality of first fins distributed in a first subarea of the cold plate; and a plurality of second fins distributed in a second subarea of the cold plate; wherein a second fin coverage of the plurality of second fins distributed in the second subarea is smaller than a first fin coverage of the plurality of first fins distributed in the first subarea when an amount of heat absorption of the second subarea from the plurality of cells is greater than an amount of heat absorption of the first subarea from the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A liquid cooling module comprises a cooling plate, including a plurality of cooling channels for liquid flowing, and a pump block, integrated with the cooling plate and including a pump and a heat exchange chamber connecting to the plurality of cooling channels of the cooling plate, to form a circulation loop.

Abstract: A liquid cooling module comprises a cooling plate, including a plurality of cooling channels for liquid flowing, and a pump block, integrated with the cooling plate and including a pump and a heat exchange chamber connecting to the plurality of cooling channels of the cooling plate, to form a circulation loop.

Abstract: A charging method for a battery set with a plurality of battery cells, having steps of performing a serial charging on the battery cells; determining whether one of the battery cells reaches a saturation voltage; and performing a uniform separately charging on the battery cells when one of the battery cells reaches the saturation voltage, wherein the uniform separately charging comprises sorting the battery cells according to cell voltages of the battery cells; and sequentially and separately charging the sorted battery cells to a Nth segmented voltage in a Nth segmentation, wherein N is a positive integer from 1 to K, and K is a positive integer larger than 1. The charging method of the present disclosure can reduce the temperature rising of the battery cell due to the longtime charging.

Abstract: An electrical system having a master node, at least one slave node and a bus linked to both of the master node and the slave node is illustrated. The master node check whether a reception register of the slave node does not receives a new data for a first time period, and resets the slave node while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the first time period; and the slave node checks whether the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for a second time period, and resets the slave node itself while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the second time period. Therefore, the communication stability of the electrical system can be enhanced.

Abstract: Electric vehicle range extending apparatus includes a step-down voltage provision unit, cell voltage sensing unit, cell switching unit, and control unit. The step-down voltage provision unit has an input port to be coupled to the main battery pack or an auxiliary battery pack, and an output port to output a power balancing signal. The cell voltage sensing unit is for being coupled to the battery cells and sensing individual voltages of the battery cells. The cell switching unit, including a plurality of switches, is coupled to the battery cells respectively, and coupled to the output port. The control unit, coupled to the cell voltage sensing unit, step-down voltage provision unit, and cell switching unit, is for controlling the cell switching unit based on the individual voltages of the battery cells so as to apply the power balancing signal to at least one of the battery cells selectively.

Abstract: A charging method for a battery set with a plurality of battery cells, having steps of performing a serial charging on the battery cells; determining whether one of the battery cells reaches a saturation voltage; and performing a uniform separately charging on the battery cells when one of the battery cells reaches the saturation voltage, wherein the uniform separately charging comprises sorting the battery cells according to cell voltages of the battery cells; and sequentially and separately charging the sorted battery cells to a Nth segmented voltage in a Nth segmentation, wherein N is a positive integer from 1 to K, and K is a positive integer larger than 1. The charging method of the present disclosure can reduce the temperature rising of the battery cell due to the longtime charging.

Abstract: An electrical system having a master node, at least one slave node and a bus linked to both of the master node and the slave node is illustrated. The master node check whether a reception register of the slave node does not receives a new data for a first time period, and resets the slave node while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the first time period; and the slave node checks whether the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for a second time period, and resets the slave node itself while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the second time period. Therefore, the communication stability of the electrical system can be enhanced.

Abstract: A baffle structure for heat dissipation, mounted on an electric vehicle on top of which a battery pack is mounted, includes a base, a plurality of baffle fins and a mask. The base is connected to the battery pack. The baffle fins are disposed on the base. The baffle fins each have a first end and a second end. The mask covers the baffle fins. The mask includes at least an air inlet and at least an air outlet which correspond in position to the first and second ends, respectively. The baffle structure guides hot air out, takes up no space inside the electric vehicle, dispenses with a need to be connected to any external cooling system, and saves electrical power supplied by the battery pack.

Abstract: A battery active-balancing system comprises an external balancing power; a buck converter having a first side-winding and a second side-winding induced thereby, the first side-winding and the second side-winding each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a battery comprising series-connected cell-units each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a cell voltage-sensing unit coupled to the battery to sense a voltage of each cell unit of the series-connected cell-units; a main switch component coupled to the first side-winding and the battery in an ON state, or coupled to the first side-winding and the external balancing power in an OFF state; a cell-switch unit comprising first cell-switch components and second cell-switch components, wherein each of the first cell-switch components is coupled to the positive terminal of corresponding one cell-unit and the positive terminal of the second side-winding, and each of the second cell-switch components is coupled to the negative terminal of

Abstract: Electric vehicle range extending apparatus includes a step-down voltage provision unit, cell voltage sensing unit, cell switching unit, and control unit. The step-down voltage provision unit has an input port to be coupled to the main battery pack or an auxiliary battery pack, and an output port to output a power balancing signal. The cell voltage sensing unit is for being coupled to the battery cells and sensing individual voltages of the battery cells. The cell switching unit, including a plurality of switches, is coupled to the battery cells respectively, and coupled to the output port. The control unit, coupled to the cell voltage sensing unit, step-down voltage provision unit, and cell switching unit, is for controlling the cell switching unit based on the individual voltages of the battery cells so as to apply the power balancing signal to at least one of the battery cells selectively.

Abstract: A battery active-balancing system comprises an external balancing power; a buck converter having a first side-winding and second side-winding induced thereby, the first and second side-windings each having positive and negative terminals; a battery comprising series-connected cell-units each having positive and negative terminals; a cell voltage-sensing unit coupled to the battery to sense voltage of the cell-units; a main switch component coupled to first side-winding, battery, and external balancing power, to first side-winding and external balancing power in ON state, and to first side-winding and battery in OFF state; a cell-switch unit comprising first and second cell-switch components, with first cell-switch components coupled to positive terminals of the cell-units and second side-winding, respectively, and second cell-switch components coupled to negative terminals of the cell-units and second side-winding, respectively; and a microcontroller for controlling main switch component and cell-switch unit,

Abstract: A portable energy-storage device includes a battery module unit for storing and outputting electrical power; a power switch unit connected to the battery module unit to enable or disable the operations of the portable energy-storage device; a universal I/O power interface unit connected to the power switch unit to store and output electrical power; a power level monitoring unit connected to the power switch unit to monitor a power level of the battery module unit; a power level display unit for displaying a power level status of the battery module unit; and a protection switch control unit connected to the battery module unit and the power level monitoring unit. The power level monitoring unit signals the protection switch control unit to disable the operations of the portable energy-storage device so as to against damage caused by under-discharging and/or over-charging the battery module unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting the states of a battery involve passing test-oriented charging and discharging pulse pair to a battery under test, and retrieving parameters of the battery, such as voltage, current, and temperature, which respond to the charging and discharging pulse pair, so as to estimate the battery states. The battery states include information pertaining to open-circuit voltage, internal resistance, capacitance, state of charge, and state of health of the battery. The battery state-related information is conducive to quick battery state detection and grading.