SCALABLE INTELLIGENT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A power supply comprising at least one removable cartridge battery pack.
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Abstract
A scalable intelligent power-supply system and method capable of powering a defined load for a specified period of time is disclosed and claimed. Multiple external AC and DC inputs supply power to the system if available and required. An internal DC input from a back-up energy source is on board. The back-up energy source is scalable by adding additional energy cartridges such as batteries in racks mounted within frames of the system. The AC and DC inputs (including the internal DC input) are controlled, measured, sensed, and converted by circuitry controlled by the microprocessor into multiple AC and/or DC outputs. A microprocessor manages power input to, within, and output from the system. The performance of a Lithium-ion batteries used to power an automobile can be determined on the basis individual battery packs or individual battery cells within the packs. This enables the clusters or groups of Lithium ion batteries to be used in a vehicle such -that these clusters operate and function as a “gas” tank or more appropriately as an “energy” tank.
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20 Claims
- 1. A power supply comprising at least one removable cartridge battery pack.
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17. A power supply comprising a plurality of quick disconnect removable cartridge battery packs, each of said removable cartridge battery packs is selectively interconnected to a battery bus interconnected with a load, each of said removable cartridge battery packs is selectively interconnected to a charge bus, and, each of said removable cartridge battery packs is selectively interconnected to a battery monitor bus.
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19. A battery electric vehicle power supply system comprising at least one removable cartridge battery pack, a battery bus, a charge bus, a battery monitor bus, a battery information bus, switches between each of at least one removable cartridge battery pack and each of said battery bus, charge bus, battery monitor bus, and battery information bus, and a microcontroller, said microcontroller selectively connecting or disconnecting each of at least one removable cartridge battery pack from each of said battery bus, charge bus, battery monitor bus, or battery information bus by controlling said switches, said battery bus being connected to said battery electric vehicle motor system so as to provide power for said motor system, said charge bus being connected to said vehicle motor system so as to recapture regenerative energy from said system for the purposes of recharging at least one removable cartridge battery pack.
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20. A battery electric vehicle service station comprising at least one removable cartridge battery pack, a battery bus, a charge bus, a battery monitor bus, a battery information bus, switches between each of at least one removable cartridge battery pack and each of said battery bus, charge bus, battery monitor bus, and battery information bus, and a microcontroller, said microcontroller selectively connecting or disconnecting each of at least one removable cartridge battery pack from each of said battery bus, charge bus, battery monitor bus, or battery information bus by controlling said switches.
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