Patent ID: 9431817
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H02H,H02J

Claim Text:
1. A battery isolation circuit comprising: a power switch operatively intermediate a battery and a load; a protection circuit module (PCM) operatively connected to the power switch, the PCM being configured to selectively drive the power switch to electrically connect the battery to the load, the PCM being configured to monitor a plurality of different parameters of the battery and to stop driving the power switch based on a comparison of at least one of the plurality of different parameters to a corresponding threshold; and a drive diverter configured to interrupt the PCM from driving the power switch in order to electrically disconnect the battery from the load in response to activation of a user-operable switch, the drive diverter being configured to interrupt the PCM by causing one of the plurality of different parameters to violate a corresponding threshold.