Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-based vehicle battery balancing system and method
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Application No.: US13192513Application Date: 2011-07-28
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Publication No.: US08676419B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Bruce Carvell Blakemore , Allan Roy Gale , Larry Dean Elie
- Applicant: Bruce Carvell Blakemore , Allan Roy Gale , Larry Dean Elie
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: B60L11/00
- IPC: B60L11/00 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
A power system for a vehicle may include at least one controller and a battery having a plurality of cells. The at least one controller may, for each of the cells, determine a voltage of the cell, determine a discharge time to reduce the voltage to a value approximately equal to a minimum of the determined voltages, and cause the cell to discharge for the discharge time to balance the battery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130030618A1 Time-Based Vehicle Battery Balancing System And Method Public/Granted day:2013-01-31
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