Using A Battery Testing Device Patents (Class 324/426)
  • Patent number: 11728498
    Abstract: The systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to heating and cooling automotive fuel cells. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller may be used to control the temperature of fluid in the fuel cells. The PID may be configured to calculate and control the saturation limits of the I-term of the PID controller to reduce integral wind-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared M. Farnsworth, Daniel C. Folick
  • Patent number: 11726143
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus detachably mounted on a battery module assembly made up of module units which are formed as aggregates of a plurality of cells and accommodated in a battery case through its open end. The apparatus has a computer which is programed to acquire state of the battery module assembly, to communicate acquired state of the battery module assembly to outside, and to connect or disconnect output of the battery module assembly to or from a load such as a vehicle electric motor, a factory electrical machine tool, home lighting fixtures and a construction machine electric motor by means of switch. The computer is further programed to detect change of the load and to switch output of the battery module assembly in accordance with changed load when the change of the load is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Tachikawa, Atsushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11719559
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor network comprising at least one optical fiber having one or more optical sensors. At least one of the optical sensors is arranged to sense vibration of an electrical device and to produce a time variation in light output in response to the vibration. A detector generates an electrical time domain signal in response to the time variation in light output. An analyzer acquires a snapshot frequency component signal which comprises one or more time varying signals of frequency components of the time domain signal over a data acquisition time period. The analyzer detects a condition of the electrical device based on the snapshot frequency component signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peter Kiesel, Ajay Raghavan, Todd Karin, Qiushu Chen
  • Patent number: 11721988
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided for a discharge system. In one example, an emergency response vehicle, comprising a battery discharge system having a charging connector configured to electrically couple a capacitor of the emergency response vehicle to a battery of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher M. Cook
  • Patent number: 11721848
    Abstract: A self-discharge inspection method for a power storage device having a property that while the power storage device is pressed under a first load and charged with a first device voltage, in which a device voltage decreases when a load is reduced from the first load, includes detecting the first device voltage of the power storage device pressed under the first load and charged, continuously applying a power-supply voltage equal to the first device voltage from an external power supply, detecting a power-supply current flowing to the power storage device, determining a self-discharge state of the power storage device based on the detected power-supply current, and reducing the load applied to the power storage device from the first load by a load reduction amount before the power-supply current stabilizes after start of the voltage continuously applying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Toshinori Okura, Ruri Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11721984
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes a battery pack for a vehicle and a battery monitoring device that monitors a state of a battery cell included in the battery pack. The battery pack includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire battery information of the battery cell, a first storage unit configured to store the acquired battery information, and a first communication unit configured to transmit the battery information stored in the first storage unit to the battery monitoring device. The battery monitoring device includes a second communication unit configured to receive the battery information transmitted from the first communication unit, a second storage unit configured to store the received battery information, and a third storage unit configured to store initial battery information indicating a battery state at the time of manufacture of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Shimizu, Takaya Koshii
  • Patent number: 11714135
    Abstract: A method for determining the capacity of at least one lithium-ion cell, in particular of at least one high-voltage battery, during open circuit voltage aging, uses at least one distinct point in a voltage curve and/or in at least one open circuit voltage of the Li-ion cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Dorothea Kalin, Christian Röttinger
  • Patent number: 11699915
    Abstract: A controller for managing a battery pack includes: a detection terminal, for transmitting an enable signal when values of battery parameters for the battery pack satisfy a sleep condition, where the enable signal enables the detection circuit to detect whether the battery pack is connected to a load and whether the battery pack is connected to the charger; and a receiving terminal, for receiving a detection result transmitted by the detection circuit. The detection result indicates whether the battery pack is connected to at least one of the load and charger. The controller controls the battery pack to enter a sleep mode of the sleep modes based on the detection result. The controller also includes a control terminal, for transmitting a control signal to control an on/off state of a charging switch and/or a discharging switch. The control signal is generated by the controller based on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: O2Micro Inc.
    Inventors: Yingguo Zhang, Guoyan Qiao, Fu-Jen Hsieh, Chia-Ming Chang, Chih-Chung Chou, Hua-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11698563
    Abstract: A liquid crystal writing device is erased by a stylus. The liquid crystal writing device includes a liquid crystal layer including cholesteric liquid crystal material. A user applies pressure to a flexible substrate that changes reflectivity of the cholesteric liquid crystal material to form images on the liquid crystal writing device. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between electrically conductive layers. Writing device terminals are electrically conductive and connected to the electrically conductive layers. The stylus includes stylus electronics adapted to apply an erase voltage or erase voltage waveform to the writing device terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kent Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Ernst, Nathan Hirt, Bryan Owen, Clinton Braganza, Hunter Morris
  • Patent number: 11695138
    Abstract: An online impedance spectrum measuring device and method for a vehicle-mounted hydrogen fuel cell includes: a controllable alternating current source, configured to apply a sinusoidal alternating signal; a cell voltage signal preceding-stage measuring circuit, configured to select to communicate with one monocell via a voltage signal gating circuit; a current sensor and a cell current signal preceding-stage measuring circuit connected with the current sensor; and a signal conditioning and amplifying circuit, a multi-channel simultaneous sampling analog-digital conversion circuit, a digital signal processor and an upper computer, which are connected in sequence, wherein the signal conditioning and amplifying circuit is connected to the cell voltage signal preceding-stage measuring circuit and the cell current signal preceding-stage measuring circuit, separately; and the upper computer is connected with the controllable alternating source and the voltage signal gating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tiancai Ma, Jiajun Kang, Weikang Lin, Zhaoli Zhang, Kaihang Song
  • Patent number: 11693059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a state of charge of a battery, including: (a) acquiring a state of charge of the battery at a current sampling time point tn; (b) acquiring a voltage Vn, a temperature Tn, and a charging rate Cn of the battery at the current sampling time point tn, and a voltage Vi of the battery at a sampling time point ti, and calculating a voltage difference Vn?Vi between the voltage Vn and the voltage Vi; (c) when the voltage difference Vn?Vi is greater than or equal to a preset voltage threshold, calculating a voltage change rate; and (d) when the voltage change rate is greater than or equal to a preset voltage change rate threshold for the first time, acquiring a corrected state of charge of the battery as an actual state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Honggui Wei, Mingshu Du, Yanmin Xie
  • Patent number: 11686777
    Abstract: A power source control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a traction motor, the system including a first battery that is a bipolar battery and is to be used as a power source for the traction motor; a second battery that is a bipolar battery different from the first battery; a mirror current generator circuit configured to generate a mirror current based on a current flowing through the first battery; a mirror current supply source circuit configured to cause the mirror current to flow through the second battery; and a diagnostic circuit configured to perform degradation diagnosis on the second battery on a basis of at least one of a voltage or a temperature of the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ichiki, Hiroshi Abe, Hiroshi Kusano
  • Patent number: 11686778
    Abstract: A multifunctional battery health state detection device is disclosed, which includes a housing, two ignition clamps for connecting to a vehicle battery; a microcontroller; a sampling circuit connected to the two ignition clamps for sampling a voltage signal of the vehicle battery; and an indicator unit including a plurality of indicators configured to display a ranking of the battery health state of the vehicle battery. The microcontroller is configured to obtain the sampled voltage signal from the sampling circuit, detect the ranking of the battery health state based on the sampled voltage signal, and control the indicator unit to display the battery health state according to the ranking of the battery health stat, and boost the vehicle battery by providing starting energy from a portable power supply to the vehicle battery in response to detecting the battery health state being one of two lowest rankings among a plurality of rankings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Zhipeng Wu
  • Patent number: 11680989
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a diagnosis method of a battery is provided. In the diagnosis method, based on an internal state of the battery at a plurality of mutually different times, a time when the internal state of the battery becomes a predetermined state after the plurality of mutually different times is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobukatsu Sugiyama, Yumi Fujita, Tomokazu Morita
  • Patent number: 11682363
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Shimuzu, Hiromasa Miyata, Junji Ohama
  • Patent number: 11680976
    Abstract: A method for checking a capacity of at least one supply line for an electrically operated assembly that is coupled electrically via the at least one supply line to an electrical system of an at least partially automated mobile platform. The method includes: ensuring a non-critical operating state of the mobile platform; determining an off-load terminal voltage at an input connection of the assembly, with zero-current supply line; applying a defined current to the supply line of the electrically operated assembly; determining an on-load terminal voltage at the input connection of the assembly, in doing so, the defined voltage being applied to the supply line of the electrically operated assembly; determining a differential voltage between the off-load terminal voltage and the on-load terminal voltage; comparing the differential voltage to a differential-voltage limit value to determine whether the capacity of the electric supply line is sufficient to operate the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schwab, Helmut Suelzle
  • Patent number: 11675018
    Abstract: A portable battery detection device includes a battery data receiving module for receiving battery data, a temperature measurement module for measuring battery temperature, a gas measurement module for measuring discharged gas, an insulation resistance measurement module for measuring insulation resistance, a serial impedance measurement module for measuring serial impedance, a data acquisition module for receiving various data sent by the temperature measurement module and the gas measurement module, an electric meter module for measuring DC voltage, current, and impedance, the data integration module for receiving data transmitted by the battery data receiving module, the electric meter module, and the insulation resistance measurement module, and then integrating the data to the processor module, and the processor module for using data received from the data integration module, the data acquisition module, and the serial impedance measurement module to transmit data, control, and manage the operation of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dao-Qin Lin, Wei-Min Hsiao, Shih-Chang Tseng, Chih-Hsien Chung, Gwo-Huei You, Kuo-Kuang Jen
  • Patent number: 11668758
    Abstract: A state of health of cell groups of a battery may be determined based on direct current impedance values of the cell groups. A computing apparatus may be configured to determine a direct current internal resistance (DCIR) value of each of the cell groups of the battery pack to provide a plurality of DCIR values. Each cell group may include a plurality of battery cells. The computing apparatus may be configured to determine an average DCIR value based on the plurality of DCIR values and determine a relative DCIR threshold for at least one of the plurality of cell groups based on the average DCIR value. The computing apparatus may further be configured to provide an alert to a user in response to the DCIR value of the at least one of the plurality of cell groups exceeding the relative DCIR threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Rise, Thomas Wallner, Nangavalli Ramasubramanian, Bernadette Parong
  • Patent number: 11670952
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling charging of a battery of a vehicle comprise receiving, from a positive (B+) voltage sensor, a B+ voltage signal indicative of a voltage at a B+ terminal of an alternator of the vehicle, receiving, from an intelligent battery sensor (IBS), an IBS voltage signal indicative of a voltage at a positive terminal of the battery, applying high pass and low pass filters to the B+ voltage signal and the IBS voltage signals, respectively, estimating a voltage of the battery using both the filtered B+ voltage signal and the filtered IBS voltage signal, adjusting a target voltage for the battery based on the estimated battery voltage, and controlling charging of the battery using the adjusted target voltage to mitigate overcharging and undercharging of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventor: Paul Yih
  • Patent number: 11664672
    Abstract: Provided is a charging controller that controls a process of charging a battery from an external power source. When an outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, the charging controller charges the battery from a time earlier than a scheduled time of use of the battery by a predetermined time until the scheduled time of use. Thus, even when the outside air temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature of the battery has been raised by heat generated during the charging by the time of use of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishiyama, Kenji Tsukagishi, Takahisa Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11662391
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic adjustments to battery parameters using battery metrics. The device may be configured to determine a first value indicative of a battery voltage output during a first time interval, determine a second value indicative of a temperature during the first time interval, and determine a first acceleration factor for the battery during the first time interval based at least in part on the first value and the second value. The device may determine an adjusted number of charge cycles completed during the first time interval using the first acceleration factor, determine a total adjusted number of charge cycles of the battery, determine that the total adjusted number of charge cycles is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and cause the first maximum output voltage value to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, inc.
    Inventors: Ramez Nachman, Don Brunnett, Bryan Holmdahl, Benjamin Thomas Gaide
  • Patent number: 11658356
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for a cloud-based computing system may include receiving data pertaining to a battery pack of a vehicle, wherein the data is measured by one or more sensors associated with the vehicle. The method may include determining, based on the data, whether a sum of a physics-based model estimated terminal voltage minus an actual voltage of the battery pack satisfies a threshold. Responsive to determining the threshold is satisfied, the method may include determining a trigger event has occurred and calibrate one or more parameters of the physics-based model, a machine learning model, or both, wherein the physics-based model outputs one or more properties pertaining to the battery pack of the vehicle, and the machine learning model uses the one or more properties to predict a remaining useful life of each cell of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Eatron Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Gokhan Budan, Anil Ozturk, Alex Darlington, Can Kurtulus
  • Patent number: 11656296
    Abstract: A system or method for determining a battery state can include generating a set of models based on a measured response of a plurality of batteries to an applied load, measuring battery properties of a battery, and using a state estimator to determine a battery state associated with a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Zitara Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyam Srinivasan, Evan Murphy, Jacqueline Maslyn, Dustin Summy, Brian Goodall, Sharon R. Kuo, Megan Pitcavage, Zachary Gima, John Stefanski
  • Patent number: 11641027
    Abstract: A secondary battery system includes a secondary battery having a positive electrode including a positive electrode active substance and a negative electrode including first and second negative electrode active substances, and a control device that estimates an internal state of the secondary battery based on an active substance model of the secondary battery. The control device calculates a charge carrier amount in the first negative electrode active substance based on a first active substance model, under a condition that the first and second negative electrode active substances are at the same potential, calculates an amount of change in open circuit potential of the first negative electrode active substance based on surface stress of the first negative electrode active substance, and calculates an open circuit potential of the negative electrode from the open circuit potential and the amount of change in open circuit potential of the first negative electrode active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11637421
    Abstract: A system and method that identify a location and/or magnitude of a ground fault in a circuit having a bus that connects battery strings with loads and a ground reference between the loads are provided. Potential of the bus is shifted relative to a ground reference in a first direction. A first impedance in the bus between the battery strings and the ground reference is determined, and the bus is shifted relative to the ground reference in a second direction. A second impedance in the bus between the battery strings and the ground reference is determined. A location and/or severity of a ground fault is determined based on a relationship between the first impedance and the second impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Pressman, Neil Burkell, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Worden, Robert Zill
  • Patent number: 11630156
    Abstract: A battery monitoring apparatus includes an electric power supply terminal connected with a first electrical path, a voltage input terminal connected with a second electrical path, a signal control unit connected with a third electrical path, a response signal input terminal connected with a fourth electrical path, and a calculating unit. The signal control unit is configured to cause a predetermined AC signal to be outputted from a storage battery with the storage battery itself being an electric power source for the output of the predetermined AC signal. The calculating unit is configured to calculate, based on a response signal of the storage battery to the predetermined AC signal, a complex impedance of the storage battery. Moreover, at least one of the first to the fourth electrical paths is merged with at least one of the other electrical paths into an electrical path that is connected to the storage battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Horiguchi, Masaaki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11624787
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery short-circuit early detection device that detects a short-circuit in a rechargeable battery includes one or more processors connected to a current sensor that detects a charging current of the rechargeable battery, wherein the one or more processors are programmed to: while the rechargeable battery is being charged, receive a current signal indicating the charging current from the current sensor; detect a temporal change in the charging current indicated by the current signal; determine, when the charging current increases over time, that there is a possibility that the rechargeable battery has short-circuited; and output data indicating a determined result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Naotaka Uchino, Etsuzo Sato
  • Patent number: 11621130
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage apparatus capable of appropriately controlling use of a silicon material in normal times and achieving long life, and a method of using the energy storage apparatus. One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage apparatus that includes an energy storage device and a measuring section for measuring an internal pressure change rate of the energy storage device, the energy storage device having a negative electrode that contains a carbon material and a silicon material. Another aspect of the present invention is a method of using the energy storage apparatus that includes performing discharge while the internal pressure change rate of the energy storage device is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Daichi Itakura
  • Patent number: 11619678
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system for and a method of determining the cause of a defect of a battery, which is specifically attributable to a human error, through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The system includes an impedance measurement unit for measuring an impedance value of a battery while sequentially applying AC current signals of respective frequencies to the battery, a controller for determining the cause of the defect of the battery on the basis of the measured impedance value, and a table in which each of impedance value ranges is associated with a cause of a defect. The controller determines a cause of a defect of the battery by comparing the measured impedance value and each of the impedance value ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Yong Shim, Jae Eun Jin
  • Patent number: 11614489
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) and method for determining an active material content in an electrode includes determining a first peak in an inverse-differential capacity analysis curve of a the battery, determining a second peak in an incremental capacity analysis (ICA) curve associated with the at least one electrode, mapping the first peak of the inverse-differential capacity analysis curve to the second peak of the ICA curve, determining an active material content in the at least one electrode of the battery based on the mapping, and optimizing a performance of the battery based on the active material content in the at least one electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajkumar Subhash Patil, Shashishekara Parampalli Adiga, Anshul Kaushik
  • Patent number: 11614369
    Abstract: A thermal sensor wire. The thermal sensor wire may include a thermal sensing portion extending along a wire axis of the thermal sensor wire; and a carrier portion, the carrier portion extending along the wire axis, adjacent to the thermal sensing portion, the thermal sensing portion comprising a polymer positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) material or a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuriy Borisovich Matus, Martin G. Pineda, Sergio Fuentes
  • Patent number: 11605965
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a location measurement circuitry; a rechargeable battery; a memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: monitor a usage pattern of the battery while the electronic device operates in a first power management state; acquire, based on determining that the usage pattern of the battery is different from a reference pattern derived from a model, information on a location in which the battery is estimated to be charged and information on a time at which the battery is estimated to be charged using the model; and switch, partially based on the information on the location and the information on the time, the first power management state to a second power management state based on a second maximum driving frequency lower than the first maximum driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonsu Lee, Chunggeol Kim, Hojung Choi, Jeongmin Moon, Gyusung Cho, Mooyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11594885
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to determine a capacity of a microgrid includes applying a current test load to the microgrid and measuring a current through an energy storage device, the current indicating a charging status of the energy storage device based on a current load being applied to the microgrid through activated power outlets being served by the microgrid and the current test load, the energy storage device being integrated with the microgrid. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the measured current based on the current load being applied to the microgrid and the current test load indicates that the energy storage device is discharging, determining the capacity of the microgrid, wherein the capacity is the current load being applied to the microgrid through activated power outlets and a test load applied to the microgrid immediately preceding the current test load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Brice MacLaren, James Macomber, Megan Richardson
  • Patent number: 11584254
    Abstract: In an aspect a system for energy tracking in an electric aircraft. A system includes at least a battery pack. At least a battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules. A system includes a sensing device. A sensing device is configured to detect a battery parameter of at least a battery module of a plurality of battery modules. A sensing device is configured to generate battery data as a function of a detected battery parameter of at least a battery module. A system includes a computing device. A computing device is in electronic communication with a sensing device. A computing device is configured to receive battery data from a sensing device. A computing device is configured to determine an energy amount of a plurality of battery packs as a function of battery data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Steven J. Foland
  • Patent number: 11585858
    Abstract: Before technical components are further processed, they are checked for the functionality thereof. In this case, an incorrect judgment of the functionality can occur due to measurement errors or incorrect measurements, which in turn results in a very inefficient test. The invention provides a method and a device by which an increased measurement accuracy can be achieved. This is achieved in that at least one first electrical voltage value is measured at a first constant measurement current and at least one second electrical voltage value is measured at a second constant measurement current at terminals of the component. Every measured voltage value is scaled respectively using a profile factor PF to form a measured value M, and only measured values M that are located at least with a tolerance range in a common value range are used for the determination of an electrical parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Acculogic Corporation
    Inventors: Karim Dehkordi, Daniel Marques
  • Patent number: 11579206
    Abstract: A method for estimating the state of health of an exchangeable rechargeable battery. The method includes: i. determining a remaining capacity of the battery during a charging operation, in such a manner, that a first charging value is ascertained by measuring an open-circuit voltage, as long as no charging current or only a minimal charging current is flowing; at least one further charging value is ascertained by measuring the charging current in specific time intervals, until the charging operation is completed; and a sum of the ascertained charging values is calculated; ii. determining a remaining performance of the battery during the charging operation in such a manner, that after a predefined battery voltage is reached, the charging current is briefly changed, and the respective battery voltage is measured; and an impedance of the battery is calculated from the quotient of the difference of the measured charging currents and battery voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mischa Nicklaus, Andreas Gonser, Marc-Alexandre Seibert
  • Patent number: 11579203
    Abstract: A current detection circuit includes a current sampling branch, a switch branch, a first current mirror branch, a capacitor branch, a feedback branch and a control branch. The control branch receives the second current and outputs the first current and the first voltage signal. The current sampling branch outputs a first discharging current. The switch branch establishes and disconnects the connection between the first current mirror branch and the capacitor branch. The capacitor branch is charged in response to the first charging current and discharged in response to the first discharging current. The first current mirror branch outputs the first charging current. The feedback branch adjusts the second charging current to adjust the first charging current, so that the total charge of the capacitor branch is balanced with the total charge of discharge within one switching cycle, so that the first current is represented by the first charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Tan, Xinkuan Han, Jun Fan, Peian Zou
  • Patent number: 11573600
    Abstract: A display device includes: a body, and a display screen portion detachably connected with the body. The body includes a first magnetic assembly; and the display screen portion includes a second magnetic assembly. At least one of the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly is a magnetic-field controllable assembly, and the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly are connected with or separated from one another due to magnetic attraction or repulsion respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11567141
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: An Soo Kim, Dong Keun Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, Jae Sung Im
  • Patent number: 11567145
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) for early detection of a battery cell internal short-circuit. The BMS includes a memory, one or more processing units, and a machine-readable medium on the memory. The machine-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the BMS to perform numerous operations of a method for early detection of the battery cell internal short-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Shengyi Liu
  • Patent number: 11566541
    Abstract: An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Rondo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: John Setel O'Donnell, Peter Emery von Behrens, Chiaki Treynor, Jeremy Quentin Keller, Matthieu Jonemann, Robert Ratz, Yusef Desjardins Ferhani
  • Patent number: 11569678
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle battery; a vehicle sensor configured to detect a current, a voltage and a temperature of the vehicle battery; and an alternator configured to output a target voltage to the vehicle battery. A controller is configured to calculate state of charge (SOC) estimation based on the current, voltage and temperature of the vehicle battery, calculate an initial SOC based on a direct current internal resistance (DCIR) map and apply the initial SOC to the SOC estimation, when an open circuit voltage (OCV) is maintained in a predetermined range after engine-off, and adjust an available SOC range based on a difference between an actual battery charge current amount, to which the initial SOC is applied, and the calculated SOC estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Seung Won Kang, Jee Hwan Jeon, Hyun Jong Oh, Sung Jin Park, Min Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 11561261
    Abstract: A device for detecting a secondary battery of an uninterruptible power system contains: a main battery module and at least one sub battery module. The main battery module includes a first power storage unit, a first detection unit, a first processing unit, a communication unit, and a first data transmission unit. The first power storage unit includes multiple first battery assemblies connected in series, and a respective first battery assembly has at least one secondary battery. The first detection unit includes multiple first detectors. The first data transmission unit includes a first one-way transmit port and a first two-way transmit port. The sub battery module includes a second power storage unit, a second detection unit, a second processing unit, and a second data transmission unit. The second power storage unit includes multiple second battery assemblies connected in series. The second detection unit includes multiple second detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Fu-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 11555860
    Abstract: A method for testing a mechanical performance of a lithium ion battery electrode based on a nano-indentation technology includes following steps: connecting an assembled lithium ion battery with an electrochemical test device and setting different test working conditions, so that cyclic charge and discharge experiments are performed on the battery to obtain an attenuation curve of a battery capacity; disassembling the battery and taking out the electrode; scraping some powder from a surface of the cyclic electrode plate and an initial uncyclic electrode plate, and laying down the powder in cold mounting molds separately, pouring the cold mounting solution into the molds; taking out the samples from the molds respectively after the liquid is completely cured and cooled; detecting a mechanical performance after polishing the samples surfaces and analyzing the mechanical performance decay rule of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: East China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Weiling Luan, Ying Chen, Senming Wu, Haofeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11549990
    Abstract: A capacity judgment module and a capacity calibration method thereof are disclosed. The capacity judgment module is used to judge a capacity of a battery installed in an electronic device. The capacity judgment module includes a database, a voltage detection module and a processing module. The database is used to store the voltage-capacity comparison curve. The voltage detection module is used to obtain a voltage value interval between a maximum use voltage value and a minimum use voltage value of the electronic device so as to divide the voltage value interval into a plurality of levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Gunitech Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Ruei Shiu, Chung-Liang Hsu, Ming-Yi Wang, Hsin-Yi Kao
  • Patent number: 11541775
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, an electric machine, and a controller. The battery has a state of charge. The electric machine is configured to draw electrical power from the battery to propel the vehicle in response to an acceleration request and to deliver electrical power to the battery to recharge the battery. The controller is programmed to adjust an estimation of battery state of charge based on a feed forward control that includes a coulomb counting algorithm, a first feedback control that includes a first battery model, and a second feedback control that includes a second battery model. The controller is further programmed to control the electrical power flow between the battery and the electric machine based on the estimation of the state of charge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yixin Yao, Xiaohong Duan, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Richard Dyche Anderson
  • Patent number: 11532536
    Abstract: A system for cooling a mobile phone and method for using the system are described. The system includes an active piezoelectric cooling system, a controller and an interface. The active piezoelectric cooling system is configured to be disposed in a rear portion of the mobile phone distal from a front screen of the mobile phone. The controller is configured to activate the active piezoelectric cooling system in response to heat generated by heat-generating structures of the mobile phone. The interface is configured to receive power from a mobile phone power source when the active piezoelectric cooling system is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Frore Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Suryaprakash Ganti, Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy
  • Patent number: 11513158
    Abstract: One or more external connectors of a conformal wearable battery (CWB) may be controlled to reduce a voltage potential supplied to the connectors when exposed to a conductive liquid. The connectors may be uniform serial bus (USB) connectors or other connectors. One or more unused terminals of the one or more connectors may be pulled to a voltage potential and then monitored for a change in voltage. When the change in voltage satisfies a voltage threshold, the voltage potential supplied to the one or more connectors may be reduced and/or interrupted. The change in voltage may be evaluated against the voltage threshold alone or may be evaluated against the voltage threshold and a time threshold relating to a time after the voltage satisfied the voltage threshold. The voltage of the monitored terminal may be evaluated against one or more voltage thresholds and/or one or more time thresholds. Based on the voltage threshold having been met, the voltage supplied to the connector may be reduced or stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Inventus Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. VanCamp, John Seo, King Moy, Christopher M. Reinke
  • Patent number: 11515578
    Abstract: Discussed is an application that efficiently utilizes a vehicle battery by predicting performance of the vehicle battery and an available driving distance based on environmental condition of an area where a vehicle is parked and state information of the vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Jun Lee, Ho Byung Yoon, Yean Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11506721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a section in which generation of internal gas in a second battery accelerates, the method comprising the steps of: measuring a closed circuit voltage (CCV) and an open circuit voltage (OCV) according to the state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery while charging the secondary battery; deriving a closed circuit voltage (SOC-CCV) profile according to the state of charge and an open circuit voltage (SOC-OCV) profile according to the state of charge; and determining, from the derived SOC-CCV profile and SOC-OCV profile, a section in which the amount of internal gas generated in the secondary battery rapidly increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Park, Su Hyun Kim, Dong Guk Hwang