Battery pack enumeration method
First Claim
1. A method of registering a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) in a battery pack within a vehicle with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the method comprising:
- providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS;
the BMU sending a communication to the BMS in response to a user performing the action on a communication-initiating mechanism on one of the BMUs, wherein;
the communication-initiating mechanism is configured to initiate the sending of a communication by the BMU to the BMS via a communication bus in response to the user performing the action; and
the communication bus is configured to allow microcontrollers within the vehicle to communicate with each other;
the BMS receiving the communication from the BMU; and
the BMS registering the BMU in response to receiving the communication from the BMU.
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Abstract
A method of registering a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) in a battery pack with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the method comprising: providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS; the user performing an action on a communication-initiating mechanism on one of the BMUs, wherein the communication-initiating mechanism is configured to initiate the sending of a communication by the BMU to the BMS in response to the user performing the action; the BMU sending a communication to the BMS in response to the user performing the action on the communication-initiating mechanism; the BMS receiving the communication from the BMU; and the BMS registering the BMU in response to receiving the communication from the BMU.
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1. A method of registering a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) in a battery pack within a vehicle with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the method comprising:
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providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS; the BMU sending a communication to the BMS in response to a user performing the action on a communication-initiating mechanism on one of the BMUs, wherein; the communication-initiating mechanism is configured to initiate the sending of a communication by the BMU to the BMS via a communication bus in response to the user performing the action; and the communication bus is configured to allow microcontrollers within the vehicle to communicate with each other; the BMS receiving the communication from the BMU; and the BMS registering the BMU in response to receiving the communication from the BMU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A registration system for Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) of a vehicle, the registration system comprising:
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a plurality of battery stacks, each battery stack comprising a plurality of batteries; a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs), each BMU corresponding to and being coupled to a distinct battery stack in the plurality of battery stacks, wherein; each BMU comprises a communication-initiating mechanism configured to initiate the sending of a communication, via a communication bus, in response to a user performing an action on the communication-initiating mechanism; and the communication bus is configured to allow microcontrollers within the vehicle to communicate with each other; and a Battery-Management-System (BMS) coupled to the plurality of BMUs, wherein the BMS is configured to receive the communication and to register the BMU from which it received the communication in response to receiving the communication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to register a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) of a vehicle in a battery pack with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the instructions comprising a series of computer readable steps to effect:
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providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS via a communication bus; and registering the BMU with the BMS in response to the BMS receiving a communication from the BMU, wherein the communication bus is configured to allow microcontrollers within the vehicle to communicate with each other. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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