Battery analyzer/conditioner system and method of using same
First Claim
1. A battery management system for use with rechargeable batteries, comprising:
- power systems management means for enabling a group of the batteries to be managed for determining the performance characteristics of the batteries in said group, and for enabling the batteries in said group to be diagnosed, repaired, and manufactured;
wherein said management means stores selectable management parameters for each one of the batteries in said group, and further controls the diagnosing, repairing, and manufacturing of each one of the batteries in said group according to said parameters to facilitate the management of the batteries;
wherein said management means generates source command signals for enabling each one of the batteries in said group to be diagnosed, repaired, and manufactured, and further generates source information signals indicative of the charge state of each one of the batteries in said group and indicative of said parameters;
buss means coupled to said management means for facilitating the remote control of said management means; and
control unit means coupled to said buss means for generating remote command signals to cause said management means to generate said source command signals in response to said remote command signals for controlling remotely the operation of said management means, and for generating remote information signals indicative of the state of the batteries in response to said source information signals.
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Abstract
The battery analyzer/conditioner system includes a battery analyzer/conditioner having an input port and an output port. The battery analyzer/conditioner operates to analyze, condition and test a group of rechargeable batteries. A cable is coupled between the input port and a remote control unit to transmit signals between the battery analyzer/conditioner and the remote control unit to enable the remote control unit to control the operation of the battery analyzer/conditioner. Another battery analyzer/conditioner also having an input port and an output port communicates with the battery analyzer/conditioner via a cable coupled between the output port of the battery analyzer/conditioner and the input port of the second battery analyzer/conditioner, wherein the first and second battery analyzer/conditioners are connected in a daisy chain network to permit the remote control unit to communicate selectively with any one of the battery analyzer/conditioner units.
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22 Claims
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1. A battery management system for use with rechargeable batteries, comprising:
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power systems management means for enabling a group of the batteries to be managed for determining the performance characteristics of the batteries in said group, and for enabling the batteries in said group to be diagnosed, repaired, and manufactured; wherein said management means stores selectable management parameters for each one of the batteries in said group, and further controls the diagnosing, repairing, and manufacturing of each one of the batteries in said group according to said parameters to facilitate the management of the batteries; wherein said management means generates source command signals for enabling each one of the batteries in said group to be diagnosed, repaired, and manufactured, and further generates source information signals indicative of the charge state of each one of the batteries in said group and indicative of said parameters; buss means coupled to said management means for facilitating the remote control of said management means; and control unit means coupled to said buss means for generating remote command signals to cause said management means to generate said source command signals in response to said remote command signals for controlling remotely the operation of said management means, and for generating remote information signals indicative of the state of the batteries in response to said source information signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A battery management system for use with rechargeable batteries, comprising:
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a plurality of power systems management units each having a control input port and a control output port, each one of said management units for analyzing and conditioning a plurality of rechargeable batteries; network cable means interconnecting in communication the control input of one management unit with control output of another management unit to provide a daisy chain network; remote control means for sending control commands to individual ones of the management units to cause them to analyze/condition individual ones of the batteries connected thereto; and remote control cable means interconnecting an output port of said remote control means to the input port of an initial one of said management units to facilitate the sending of information from said remote control means to individual ones of said management units. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of using a battery management system for rechargeable batteries, comprising:
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using a plurality of power systems management units each having a control input and a control output, each one of said management units for analyzing and conditioning a plurality of rechargeable batteries; interconnecting in communication the control input of one management unit with control output of another management unit with cable means to provide a daisy chain network; sending control commands from a remote control means to individual ones of the management units to cause them to analyze/condition individual ones of the batteries connected thereto; and interconnecting an output of said remote control means to the input of an initial one of said management units to facilitate the sending of information from said remote control means to individual ones of said management units. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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