ACCUMULATOR BATTERY PROTECTED AGAINST EXTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUITS
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Abstract
A power battery having electrochemical accumulators connected in series between two output terminals (B1, B2). There is a switch allowing one of the output terminals to be selectively isolated from an electrical load. There is a detection circuit for detecting an external short-circuit, to which the voltage between the output terminals of the battery is applied. The detection circuit is configured to compare the applied voltage to a voltage threshold representative of a short-circuit and to generate a signal for opening said switch when the applied voltage drops below the threshold.
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22 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A power battery, comprising:
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electrochemical accumulators connected in series between two output terminals (B1, B2) of the battery; a switch allowing one of the output terminals to be selectively isolated from an electrical load; and a detection circuit for detecting an external short-circuit, to which the voltage between the output terminals of the battery is applied, the detection circuit being configured to; compare the applied voltage to a voltage threshold representative of a short-circuit; and generate a signal for opening said switch when the applied voltage drops below said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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