Patent ID: 8330420
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B60L,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A reconfigurable battery system, comprising: a plurality of battery circuits coupled via two connections to a load and arranged adjacent to each other to form a battery-cell array, where a given battery circuit in the plurality of battery circuits includes: a local controller operably coupled to the first switch, the second switch and the third switch in each of the plurality of battery circuits and selectively controls the first switch, the second switch and the third switch in the plurality of battery circuits; a first array-level switch connected between the load and an input node for the battery-cell array; a second array-level switch connected between the input node of the battery-cell array and an output node of an adjacent battery-cell array; and a third array-level switch connected between the output node of the battery-cell array and the output node of the adjacent battery-cell array.