Patent ID: 11973195
Assignee: GBATTERIES ENERGY CANADA INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method to operate a multi-cell battery, the method comprises: receiving, by a controller, a communication from an external unit, wherein the external unit comprises a battery charger, and wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving, by the controller, a communication indicative of one or more of: a voltage capability of a battery charger, and a current capability of the battery charger; and reconfiguring the multi-cell battery based on the communication, wherein reconfiguring the multi-cell battery comprises reconfiguring the multi-cell battery based on one or more of the voltage capability of the battery charger, and the current capability of the battery charger; and charging the reconfigured multi-cell battery; and wherein the multi-cell battery comprises a plurality of switches and a plurality of battery cores operatively coupled to each other, wherein each battery core comprises at least one battery cell, and wherein further reconfiguring the multi-cell battery comprises: controlling the plurality of switches to connect the plurality of battery cores in a series configuration or in a parallel configuration based at least on one or more of: the voltage requirement of the load, and the current requirement of the load.