A battery includes at least one battery cell, a bidirectional port configured to provide current output to a load from the at least one battery cell and to receive a charge current from a battery charger to charge the at least one battery cell, a charge only port configured to receive charge current from the battery charger to charge the at least one battery cell, and a battery control system. The battery control system is configured to detect a connection status of the bidirectional port and/or the charge only port and, based on the connection status of each port, to control the battery between a power delivery mode where current can flow from the at least one battery cell out of the bidirectional port, a charge mode where current can from the bidirectional port or the charge only port to the at least one battery cell, and a disconnected mode where current cannot flow between the bidirectional port or the charge only port and the at least one battery cell.
MULTIPORT BATTERY
2024-05-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY |
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