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Networked battery monitor and control system and charging method

  • US 5,666,040 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1996
  • Issued: 09/09/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A networked battery monitor and control system, comprising:

  • monitor circuitry to compare at least one parameter of each battery in a group of batteries with predetermined limits, said monitor circuitry producing go/no-go signals with respect to each of said limits,bypass circuitry responsive to said monitor circuitry and connectable across the terminals of individual batteries when their respective battery voltages exceed respective predetermined limits, to reduce the amount of charging current flowing through them,a controller that receives said go/no-go signals and reduces the charging current to a group of batteries when said bypass circuitry is unable to reduce the voltage of a battery in the group below a predetermined limit, said controller located remote from said monitor circuitry, andcabling interconnecting said monitor circuitry and said remote controller for carrying said go/no-go signals between them.

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