Patent ID: 11901532
Assignee: VLTRU SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method of operating a battery module, the method comprising:
charging or discharging of a plurality of battery cells of the battery module;
detecting, by a sensor within the battery module, whether a first plate or a second plate, different from the first plate, moves in response to movement caused by expansion of a first battery cell or a second battery cell different from the first battery cell, respectively, from among the plurality of battery cells during the charging or the discharging, the detecting comprising detecting movement of a flexible section of the sensor in response to the movement of the first plate or the movement of the second plate; and
halting the charging or the discharging of the plurality of battery cells in response to detecting the movement of the first plate or the second plate.