Identifying and amerliorating a deteriorating condition for battery networks in-situ
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1. A battery testing device to determine conditions in a battery unit in-situ based on a temperature differential between terminals, comprising:
- a temperature measuring device, coupled to each terminal of the battery unit, to measure a temperature of each terminal; and
an analyzing engine to calculate a magnitude and a sign of a temperature differential between the terminals of the battery unit, and to correlate the temperature differential to a deteriorating condition of the battery unit,wherein the temperature measuring device comprises at least one of an infrared device and a thermocouple.
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Abstract
A temperature is measured for each terminal of the battery unit. The magnitude and sign of a temperature differential is calculated from the temperatures. The temperature differential is then correlated to a deteriorating condition of the battery unit.
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1. A battery testing device to determine conditions in a battery unit in-situ based on a temperature differential between terminals, comprising:
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a temperature measuring device, coupled to each terminal of the battery unit, to measure a temperature of each terminal; and an analyzing engine to calculate a magnitude and a sign of a temperature differential between the terminals of the battery unit, and to correlate the temperature differential to a deteriorating condition of the battery unit, wherein the temperature measuring device comprises at least one of an infrared device and a thermocouple. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A battery testing device to determine conditions in a battery unit in-situ based on a temperature differential between terminals, comprising:
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a temperature measuring device, coupled to each terminal of the battery unit, to measure a temperature of each terminal; an analyzing engine to calculate a magnitude and a sign of a temperature differential between the terminals of the battery unit, and to correlate the temperature differential to a deteriorating condition of the battery unit; and an impedance measuring device to measure the impedance characteristics, wherein the analyzing engine correlates a combination of the temperature differential and impedance characteristics to the deteriorating condition of the battery unit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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