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Dynamically configurable auto-healing battery

  • US 9,583,792 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2014
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for dynamically configuring a battery, the method comprising:

  • monitoring, within the battery, a condition, wherein the battery comprises a set of cells a subset of which is electrically connected in a configuration such that the configuration delivers a first amount of electrical power from the battery, the battery further comprising a second set of spare cells;

    selecting, responsive to the condition, a cell from the subset;

    selecting, responsive to the condition, a spare cell from the set of spare cells;

    making the selected cell in the subset electrically unavailable in the configuration;

    making the selected spare cell electrically available in the configuration, resulting in eliminating an effect of the condition on a power output of the battery;

    identifying, within the battery, a second condition at a time after monitoring the condition, wherein the second condition is indicative of a change in a state of the selected cell in the subset;

    selecting, responsive to the second condition the selected s are cell in the configuration;

    making the selected spare cell in the configuration electrically unavailable in the configuration; and

    making the selected cell in the subset electrically available in the configuration again at a second time after the time.

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