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

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising: a multi-cell battery; and a controller, operatively coupled to the multi-cell battery, the controller being configured to: receive a communication from an external unit, wherein the external unit comprises a battery charger, and wherein the communication is indicative of one or more of: a voltage capability of a battery charger, and a current capability of the battery charger; and reconfigure the multi-cell battery based on one of or more of: the voltage capability of the battery charger, and the current capability of the battery charger; 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 to reconfigure the multi-cell battery, the controller is configured to: control 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 capability of the battery charger, and the current capability of the battery charger.