BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME
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1. A battery rack comprising:
- a plurality of battery packs;
a plurality of slave battery management systems, each of the slave battery management systems being coupled to a corresponding one of the battery packs, being powered by an operating power, and being configured to use the corresponding one of the battery packs for the operating power in response to receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of operating power changing signals; and
a master battery management system coupled to the slave battery management systems and configured to transmit the operating power changing signals to the slave battery management systems.
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Abstract
A battery rack includes: a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of slave battery management systems, each of the slave battery management systems being coupled to a corresponding one of the battery packs, being powered by an operating power, and being configured to use the corresponding one of the battery packs for the operating power in response to receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of operating power changing signals; and a master battery management system coupled to the slave battery management systems and configured to transmit the operating power changing signals to the slave battery management systems.
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20 Claims
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1. A battery rack comprising:
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a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of slave battery management systems, each of the slave battery management systems being coupled to a corresponding one of the battery packs, being powered by an operating power, and being configured to use the corresponding one of the battery packs for the operating power in response to receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of operating power changing signals; and a master battery management system coupled to the slave battery management systems and configured to transmit the operating power changing signals to the slave battery management systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a battery rack, the method comprising:
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selectively transmitting a plurality of operating power changing signals from a master battery management system; receiving each of the transmitted operating power changing signals at a corresponding one of a plurality of slave battery management systems, each of the slave battery management systems being powered by an operating power source and being coupled to the master battery management system; and using, as the operating power source, a corresponding one of a plurality of battery packs by the corresponding one of the slave battery management systems that receives the transmitted operating power changing signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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