Patent ID: 9118198
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H01M,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a first battery interface; a second battery interface connected in parallel to the first battery interface in a battery assembly; and a current flow control mechanism for controlling current flow to at least one of the first battery interface and the second battery interface, comprising a single controller disposed between the first and second battery interfaces, wherein controlling current flow to and from the at least one of the first battery interface and the second battery interface is based at least in part on comparison between a voltage at the interface and a reference voltage value, wherein controlling the current flow comprises adjusting current flowing to the first battery interface so as to be compatible with a voltage profile exhibited at the first battery interface and adjusting current flowing to the second battery interface so as to be compatible with a voltage profile exhibited at the second battery interface.