Patent ID: 8786261
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. A distributed battery management system having a plurality of cells comprising: a cell module comprising: a first wire connected to a previous cell module of said distributed battery management system and said electric components that provides a second voltage level signal to said electrical components from a second terminal of said first cell that, together with said first voltage signal, provides power to said electrical components, and that provides a second voltage level sample of a second voltage from said second terminal of said first cell so that said electrical components can generate a voltage level signal indicative of a voltage level of said first cell, said first wire further connected to conduct a discharge current between said first terminal and said second terminal of said first cell, and transmit data representative of a voltage level and temperature of said previous cell; a second wire connected to said electrical components that transmits said first voltage signal and said first voltage sample signal from said first terminal of said first cell, and said temperature data signal and said voltage level signal to a subsequent cell module.