Patent ID: 11881735
Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A battery management system comprising:
a plurality of battery management modules (BMMs) communicatively coupled to each other to receive an indication of an external load demand and to respective first use batteries and second use batteries;
each of the plurality of BMMs including a controller configured to transmit, to the other of the plurality of BMMs, a state of health (SoH) of a first use battery or second use battery connected to the BMM;
wherein the controller is configured to determine, from among a plurality of BMMs based on respective states of health (SoH) of the batteries connected to the BMMs, if the battery connected to the BMM has a higher SoH than other batteries connected to the other of the plurality of BMMs and if so, to engage the battery to supply power to the external load demand.