Patent ID: 11888131
Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 24:
25. A battery storage system, comprising:
a plurality of batteries; and
a battery holding apparatus configured to hold and discharge the plurality of batteries to reduce charge levels of the plurality of batteries, the battery holding apparatus having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots for receiving a respective one of the plurality of batteries or a device containing a respective one of the plurality of batteries, the battery holding apparatus having a temperature control device and circuitry electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of batteries, the circuitry configured to drive the temperature control device with power from discharging the at least one of the plurality of batteries, wherein the temperature control device is configured to control a temperature of one or more of the plurality of batteries.