Device for testing and maintaining a high voltage battery and uses thereof
First Claim
1. A device for servicing and maintaining a high-voltage battery, which is connectable thereto, comprising:
- a connection for connecting to the high-voltage battery;
a high-voltage battery charge device to bring the high-voltage battery to a higher charge state, and having a high-voltage positive terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery includes an assemblage of individual battery cells or an assemblage of battery modules, the high-voltage positive terminal, the high-voltage negative terminal, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal;
a high-voltage battery diagnostic device to check the high-voltage battery for internal errors, to display recognized internal errors, and having an information-processing unit, which is external relative to the high-voltage battery, having the data transmission terminal to bidirectionally transmit battery management system data between the information-processing unit and the battery management system of a connected high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery charge device and the high-voltage battery diagnostic device are housed together in a single housing that is external to the high-voltage battery; and
a safety device, inside the information-processing unit, to evaluate diagnostic data produced by the high-voltage battery diagnostic device and to produce reaction data that is transmittable to the high-voltage battery via a data bus system that is essentially external relative to the device, including a Controller Area Network (CAN), and that define functions directed to operating the high-voltage battery and/or the device in a safe state or testing it, and that is configured to bidirectionally transmit, via a data bus system that is essentially internal relative to the device, diagnostic data and/or reaction data between the safety device and the high-voltage battery diagnostic device.
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Abstract
A device for servicing/maintaining a high-voltage battery, which has individual battery cells or battery modules, and high-voltage positive and negative terminals, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal for bidirectionally transmitting management system data between the management system and an information-processing unit, external to the battery. The device includes at least two of: a battery charge device, a battery discharge device, and a battery diagnostic device. A battery charge device brings a battery to a higher charge state, and has positive and negative terminals to be connected to positive and negative battery terminals. A battery diagnostic device checks a battery, and the device, for the presence of internal errors, and to indicate recognized internal errors, and may also produce diagnostic data for the battery state and triggering functions directed to bring the device and/or battery safely into a different state, to operate/test them.
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1. A device for servicing and maintaining a high-voltage battery, which is connectable thereto, comprising:
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a connection for connecting to the high-voltage battery; a high-voltage battery charge device to bring the high-voltage battery to a higher charge state, and having a high-voltage positive terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage positive terminal of the high-voltage battery, and a high-voltage negative terminal which is connectable to a high-voltage negative terminal of the high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery includes an assemblage of individual battery cells or an assemblage of battery modules, the high-voltage positive terminal, the high-voltage negative terminal, and a battery management system having a data transmission terminal; a high-voltage battery diagnostic device to check the high-voltage battery for internal errors, to display recognized internal errors, and having an information-processing unit, which is external relative to the high-voltage battery, having the data transmission terminal to bidirectionally transmit battery management system data between the information-processing unit and the battery management system of a connected high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery charge device and the high-voltage battery diagnostic device are housed together in a single housing that is external to the high-voltage battery; and a safety device, inside the information-processing unit, to evaluate diagnostic data produced by the high-voltage battery diagnostic device and to produce reaction data that is transmittable to the high-voltage battery via a data bus system that is essentially external relative to the device, including a Controller Area Network (CAN), and that define functions directed to operating the high-voltage battery and/or the device in a safe state or testing it, and that is configured to bidirectionally transmit, via a data bus system that is essentially internal relative to the device, diagnostic data and/or reaction data between the safety device and the high-voltage battery diagnostic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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