PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15760173
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["429", "062000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a circuit module for coupling a plurality of battery cell units. The circuit module includes a first set of terminals having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for coupling to a first battery cell unit, and a second set of terminals having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for coupling to a second battery cell unit. The positive terminal of the first set of terminals is coupled to the negative terminal of the second set of terminals either directly or via one or more passive components, and the negative terminal of the first set of terminals and the positive terminal of the second set of terminals each is coupled to a switching assembly. The switching assembly is operatively configured to selectively connect or bypass each one of the battery cell units. The invention is also directed to a battery system including the circuit module and a plurality of battery cell units.

Claim (Index 17):
A circuit module for coupling a plurality of battery cell units, the circuit module comprising:\n a first set of terminals having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for coupling to a first battery cell unit; a second set of terminals having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for coupling to a second battery cell unit; and a third set of terminals having a positive terminal and a negative terminal for coupling to a third battery cell unit, the positive terminal of the first set of terminals being coupled to the negative terminal of the second set of terminals either directly or via one or more passive components, and the negative terminal of the first set of terminals, the positive terminal of the second set of terminals and at least one of the terminals of the third set of terminals each being coupled to a switching assembly, wherein the switching assembly is operatively configured to selectively connect or disconnect each one of the battery cell units, and wherein the switching assembly is operatively configured to selectively allow\n operation in a first state in which the first battery cell unit and the second battery cell unit are electrically connected in series and the third battery cell unit is disconnected, \n operation in a second state in which the first battery cell unit and the third battery cell unit are electrically connected in series and the second battery cell unit is disconnected, and \n operation in a third state in which the second battery cell unit and the third battery cell unit are electrically connected in series and the first battery cell unit is disconnected.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.32
- Patent Class: 429.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13242649', '14760037', '13592967', '13770727', '13234574']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.866702221272684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4654048364112506
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8265724827865407
- Mean Citation Score: 191.747886
- Max Citation Score: 214.84029
- Similarity Product: 187.093825928616

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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