Patents by Inventor Gregory L. Plett

Gregory L. Plett 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).

  • Patent number: 7884613
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L Plett
  • Patent number: 7800375
    Abstract: A system and a method for estimating a state vector associated with a battery are provided. The method includes determining a time interval that the battery has been electrically decoupled from a load circuit. The time interval starts at a first time. The method further includes obtaining a first state vector associated with the battery from a memory. The first state vector is determined prior to the first time. The method further includes calculating a second predicted state vector associated with the battery based on the first state vector and the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20100191491
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery parameter vector indicative of a parameter of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery parameter vector indicative of a parameter of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery parameter vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20100174500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating discharge and charge power of battery applications, including battery packs used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Electric Vehicles (EV). One charge/discharge power estimating method incorporates voltage, state-of-charge (SOC), power, and current design constraints and works for a user-specified prediction time horizon ?t. At least two cell models are used in calculating maximum charge/discharge power based on voltage limits. The first is a simple cell model that uses a Taylor-series expansion to linearize the equation involved. The second is a more complex and accurate model that models cell dynamics in discrete-time state-space form. The cell model can incorporate a inputs such as temperature, resistance, capacity, etc. One advantage of using model-based approach is that the same model may be used in both Kalman-filtering to produce the SOC and the estimation of maximum charge/discharge current based on voltage limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: LG CHEM LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7723957
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery parameter vector indicative of a parameter of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery parameter vector indicative of a parameter of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery parameter vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7656123
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L Plett
  • Patent number: 7656122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating discharge and charge power of battery applications, including battery packs used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Electric Vehicles (EV). One charge/discharge power estimating method incorporates voltage, state-of-charge (SOC), power, and current design constraints and works for a user-specified prediction time horizon ?t. At least two cell models are used in calculating maximum charge/discharge power based on voltage limits. The first is a simple cell model that uses a Taylor-series expansion to linearize the equation involved. The second is a more complex and accurate model that models cell dynamics in discrete-time state-space form. The cell model can incorporate a inputs such as temperature, resistance, capacity, etc. One advantage of using model-based approach is that the same model may be used in both Kalman-filtering to produce the SOC and the estimation of maximum charge/discharge current based on voltage limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20090261837
    Abstract: A system and a method for estimating a state vector associated with a battery are provided. The method includes determining a time interval that the battery has been electrically decoupled from a load circuit. The time interval starts at a first time. The method further includes obtaining a first state vector associated with the battery from a memory. The first state vector is determined prior to the first time. The method further includes calculating a second predicted state vector associated with the battery based on the first state vector and the time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7593821
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimation of the augmented state of an electrochemical cell, the method comprising: making an internal augmented states prediction of the cell where the augmented state comprises at least one internal state value and at least one internal parameter value; making an uncertainty prediction of the internal augmented states prediction; correcting the internal augmented states prediction and the uncertainty prediction; and applying an algorithm that iterates the making an internal augmented states prediction, the making an uncertainty prediction and the correcting to yield an ongoing estimation to the augmented state and an ongoing uncertainty to the augmented state estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7589532
    Abstract: A system and a method for estimating a state vector associated with a battery are provided. The method includes determining a time interval that the battery has been electrically decoupled from a load circuit. The time interval starts at a first time. The method further includes obtaining a first state vector associated with the battery from a memory. The first state vector is determined prior to the first time. The method further includes calculating a second predicted state vector associated with the battery based on the first state vector and the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20090189613
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery cell module state indicative of a state of a battery cell module of a battery pack are provided. The method includes measuring at least one of a battery cell module voltage, a battery cell module current, and a battery cell module temperature. The method further includes determining the estimated battery cell module state of the battery cell module at a predetermined time based on an estimated battery pack state and at least one of the battery cell module voltage, the battery cell module current, and the battery cell module temperature. The method further includes storing a vector corresponding to the estimated battery cell module state in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: LG CHEM LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7525285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implementation of a method for cell equalization. The present invention uses other information such as the individual cell state-of-charge (SOC) estimates, and individual capacities and/or cell Coulombic efficiencies, possibly available from a dual extended Kalman filter. The present invention defines or refers to an operational SOC range between a minimum and a maximum. The minimum and maximum could be constants or could be dynamic based on functions of other variables. SOC can be measured relative to maximum charge or relative to maximum discharge for each cell. When the SOC is not consistent across the cells, a prioritizing scheme is used to determine which cells require equalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7521895
    Abstract: A system and a method for determining an estimated battery state vector and an estimated battery parameter vector are provided. The method includes determining an estimated battery parameter vector indicative of a parameter of the battery at the first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery parameter vectors, a first plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a battery output vector. The method further includes determining the estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of the battery at the first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a second plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and the battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20090037125
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20090030627
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7446504
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Publication number: 20080249726
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated combined battery state-parameter vector are provided. The method determines the estimated combined battery state-parameter vector based on a plurality of predicted the combined battery state-parameter vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a battery output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: LG TWIN TOWERS 20
    Inventor: Gregory L. PLETT
  • Publication number: 20080249725
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated combined battery state-parameter vector are provided. The method determines the estimated combined battery state-parameter vector based on a plurality of predicted the combined battery state-parameter vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a battery output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: LG TWIN TOWERS 20
    Inventor: Gregory L. PLETT
  • Patent number: 7400115
    Abstract: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated combined battery state-parameter vector are provided. The method determines the estimated combined battery state-parameter vector based on a plurality of predicted combined battery state-parameter vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a battery output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett
  • Patent number: 7321220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating discharge and charge power of battery applications, including battery packs used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Electric Vehicles (EV). One charge/discharge power estimating method incorporates voltage, state-of-charge (SOC), power, and current design constraints and works for a user-specified prediction time horizon ?t. At least two cell models are used in calculating maximum charge/discharge power based on voltage limits. The first is a simple cell model that uses a Taylor-series expansion to linearize the equation involved. The second is a more complex and accurate model that models cell dynamics in discrete-time state-space form. The cell model can incorporate a inputs such as temperature, resistance, capacity, etc. One advantage of using model-based approach is that the same model may be used in both Kalman-filtering to produce the SOC and the estimation of maximum charge/discharge current based on voltage limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Plett