Patent ID: 9583792
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for dynamically configuring a battery, the method comprising: monitoring, within the battery, a condition, wherein the battery comprises a set of cells a subset of which is electrically connected in a configuration such that the configuration delivers a first amount of electrical power from the battery, the battery further comprising a second set of spare cells; selecting, responsive to the condition, a cell from the subset; selecting, responsive to the condition, a spare cell from the set of spare cells; making the selected cell in the subset electrically unavailable in the configuration; making the selected spare cell electrically available in the configuration, resulting in eliminating an effect of the condition on a power output of the battery; identifying, within the battery, a second condition at a time after monitoring the condition, wherein the second condition is indicative of a change in a state of the selected cell in the subset; selecting, responsive to the second condition the selected s are cell in the configuration; making the selected spare cell in the configuration electrically unavailable in the configuration; and making the selected cell in the subset electrically available in the configuration again at a second time after the time.